Re:Florida becomes first state to enact DNA privacy law, blo...
by shadowgovt on Sunday July 05, 2020 @10:57PM
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It'd be nice if the government banned preexisting condition consideration. Extremely possible; it would take one law. It'd change the economics of the market, but would it actually change them enough to make a business model where people hand you money, for free, while they're still alive unprofitable or merely less profitable?
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Re:Florida becomes first state to enact DNA privacy law, blo...
by ncallaway on Monday July 06, 2020 @12:33AM
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The government has banned pre-existing condition consideration. That was made illegal by the Affordable Healthcare Act (ACA, also known as Obamacare).
As I noted in another comment, that law is currently being challenged in the Supreme Court by the State of Texas, and the DOJ has field a brief arguing that the law should be found unconstitutional.
(See my other comment here for a link to the DOJ brief: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23744702)
Re:Florida becomes first state to enact DNA privacy law, blo...
by dragonwriter on Monday July 06, 2020 @12:01AM
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> It'd be nice if the government banned preexisting condition consideration.
It...has: https://www.hhs.gov/healthcare/about-the-aca/pre-existing-co...
Re:Florida becomes first state to enact DNA privacy law, blo...
by giancarlostoro on Sunday July 05, 2020 @11:57PM
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Reminds me of one of the reasons Obama brought up in a debate (I forget which one tbh, might of been the one with McCain) that he wanted affordable healthcare because his grandmother was denied care due to a preexisting condition or something to that effect.
I guess banning preexisting conditions would of been a more interesting alternative. Not sure what negative effects that ban would have, maybe coverage will rise due to surgeries not going as hoped or other cases.