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Or health insurers looking for markers of disease / chronic illness

• lotsofpulp 2y ago
  In the US, they wouldn’t be allowed to use that data to underwrite policies: https://www.healthcare.gov/how-plans-set-your-premiums/ https://www.healthcare.gov/how-plans-set-your-premiums/
  • ceejayoz 2y ago
    That can easily change, though.
    • lotsofpulp 2y ago
      Define "easily". As I understand, it would require amending the Affordable Care Act. Assuming some rules are still being followed at the federal level.
      • ceejayoz 2y ago
        That is well within "easily". One party controls Congress, the White House, and SCOTUS right now, and they're quite notably not showing much restraint right now.
        • zeroonetwothree 2y ago
          And how many laws have they passed? Apparently it's not so easy, is it... Congress hasn't really been functional in decades
          • ceejayoz 2y ago
            They’re busy dismantling entire departments by executive fiat. When they’re done with that, we’ll see.
          • dragonwriter 2y ago
            > And how many laws have they passed? Few, intentionally: a strategic decision has been made to use control of Congress as a shield for executive dictatorship, rather than using it to pass laws, with the attendant public debate and recorded votes.