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The report goes to your doctor. We don't issue reports to insurance companies.
by _ihaque 13y ago
The report goes to your doctor. We don't issue reports to insurance companies.
- shawn-butler 13y agoAnd what is the ethical burden on the physician at this point? Isn't there an obligation to provide all medically relevant information to the insurance company? I am confused by your answer. As to the parent question, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 [0] bars employers and health insurers from using genetic information to deny coverage, charge higher premiums, or discriminate in hiring. It however doesn't affect other providers such as life insurance, disability insurance or long-term-care insurance which would obviously be needed over the lifetime of any infant suffering from any serious malady. These providers are free to use genetic predisposition information to discriminate under federal law. A few individual states bar this activity as well. Kind of a giant loophole that I have no idea why Congress didn't anticipate. [0]: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:HR00493 http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:HR00493: