Australia to ban life insurance companies from discriminating based on genetic testing results
by Karen Middleton Political editor from Science | The Guardian on (#6QM56)
Albanese government says people have been reluctant to get life-saving early testing because of the risk of being refused insurance
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Life insurance companies will be banned from discriminating against people based on genetic testing under federal government moves designed to encourage greater use of predictive technology in preventive health.
The assistant treasurer, Stephen Jones, will announce on Wednesday that life insurers will be banned from using predictive genetic testing results in their underwriting assessments.
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