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insurance companies are super powerful in the US, and some states are pro-business to some insane level. things such as this and businesses similar to 23andme r
by make3 4y ago
insurance companies are super powerful in the US, and some states are pro-business to some insane level. things such as this and businesses similar to 23andme really scare me. you need just one state to make it legal / one fucked CEO, and insurance company have your insurance data & your health data. Maybe there's a data leak & they use it without telling people, who knows.
- astrange 4y agoInsurance companies being regulated per-state in the US doesn't mean "you only need one state to defect", it means that defection would only apply to people living in that state. And insurance companies obviously already have your health data. You might remember before the ACA they'd drop people based on it and now they don't because they're not allowed to do that.
- hilbert42 4y ago"Maybe there's a data leak & they use it without telling people,..." Yes. ...And it'll take major data leaks of medical records put online by hackers before government takes note and fixe# it. You can bet the moment some very prominent politician's medical records are put online for all the world to see the details of his piles operation and the fact that he's being treated for gonorrhea that legislation will then follow.