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A comment on Drugmakers Are Set to Pay 23andMe Millions to Access Consumer DNA. Parent comment

Re:Drugmakers Are Set to Pay 23andMe Millions to Access Cons... by ladberg on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @11:49AM (#38086720)
It's been illegal for insurance to use your DNA to discriminate against you or charge different costs since 2008 (see the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act).

If that changes I'll regret having used 23andme, but so far I'm not worried.

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Re:Drugmakers Are Set to Pay 23andMe Millions to Access Cons... by dkural on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @12:52AM (#38094702)
GINA does not cover life insurance. That said, I agree with the overall point, research use does not cover insurance using this data charging someone different rates, and would be business-ending / corporate suicide for 23andMe.
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