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This is from another list. I have heard from some people who were concerned
about insurance companies with pre-existing conditions clauses and other
possible discrimination. It would be good to support this effort.
FYI-

Michael Thorn
Suffolk County Celiacs

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U.S. Senate Committee OKs bill to ban genetic bias

Last Updated: 2003-05-21 15:07:01 -0400 (Reuters Health)

By Julie Rovner

WASHINGTON (Reuters Health) - Health insurance companies and employers
would be prohibited from discriminating on the basis of a person's
genetic makeup or predisposition to disease under a bill approved by a
U.S. Senate Committee Wednesday.

The move breaks a five-year impasse over the issue.

Scientists, led by National Human Genome Institute Director Dr. Francis
Collins, have urged Congress to bar discrimination based on the results
of genetic testing. Without such protections, they say, patients will be
reluctant to take advantage of testing that could improve their health
or even, potentially, save their lives.

But insurers have worried that people who know they are sick will try to
buy insurance only when they know they need it.

Both Republicans and Democrats praised the agreement on the bill, which
was approved without dissent during a brief session of the Health,
Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.

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A spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., who also
supports the bill, said the full Senate could consider it in early June.

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Here's the site for the legislation content:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:s.01053:

S.1053
Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2003

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