President Bush Signs Genetic Nondiscrimination Act

artemis67 writes "This past week, President Bush signed the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), which would prevent health insurers and employers from discriminating against individuals on the basis of their genetic information. GINA is the first and only federal legislation that will provide protections against discrimination based on an individual's genetic information in health insurance coverage and employment settings.'"

Comments

Re:Interesting vote...

[snl2587]

Our good friend Ron Paul, it turns out.

Re:Does it ban access?

[aztektum]

In the linked FA it says neither insurers or employers can request, require or purchase records pertaining to someones genetic makeup.

However, like most DRM schemes, I'm sure a "hack" will be found soon.

What's lame is they don't even need to discontinue insurance based upon genetics. My step-fathers sister in law had her insurance dropped by her company (amongst others). Management told them straight up it was because they weren't "healthy enough." Of course on paper it was for different reasons (cost reductions I believe.).

This is simply more feel good legislation.

Re:You Liberals can thank yourselves for $4/gal. g

[HiThere]

You might consider the following question:
How much is $4/gal a price increase, and how much is it a devaluation of the dollar?

I think it's pretty clear that it's largely a devaluation of the dollar.