title: Genetic screening and disability insurance: what can we learn from the health insurance experience?
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health and Policy Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA.
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kass
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Medley
mesh_terms: D030661:Genetic Privacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005820:Genetic Testing; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D018868:Insurance, Disability / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011640:Public Policy; D014481:United States