Genetic screening and disability insurance: what can we learn from the health insurance experience?
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.
Kass
Nancy
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Department of Health and Policy Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA.
Medley
Amy
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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