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Thursday, January 17, 2013
Shots - Health News
It's Legal For Some Insurers To Discriminate Based On Genes
January 17, 2013 A 2008 federal law is supposed to protect people from having their genes used against them. But it only applies to health insurance — not, for example, long-term-care insurance. That's exactly the type of insurance people might seek after learning they're genetically predisposed to some medical problem down the road.