Genetic Screening and Disability Insurance: What Can We Learn From The Health Insurance Experience?

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Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 35 (s2):66-73 (2007)
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Genetic information may be used by health and disability insurance companies to deny or restrict coverage. How health insurance companies use genetic information, and how public policy has limited that use, can be illustrative for genetics and disability insurance policy

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10.1111/j.1748-720x.2007.00155.x

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Genetics and the Moral Mission of Health Insurance.Thomas H. Murray - 1992 - Hastings Center Report 22 (6):12-17.
Insurance for the Insurers The Use of Genetic Tests.Nancy E. Kass - 1992 - Hastings Center Report 22 (6):6-11.

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