Re:Cheap blood test detects pancreatic cancer before it spreads
by hn_acc1 on Thursday February 13, 2025 @05:49PM
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I guess after ~30 years past grad school in the software industry, having had high hopes for the internet and everything back in the 90s, I'm way too cynical.
This won't be used to "close the care gap", unless they can charge more $$ for the additional checkups than they'll expect to have to give out in care as a result.
And they'll drop anyone suspected of needing too much care in the future based on their genome, even if they aren't sick. Pre-existing conditions times 100 (you know they'll be re-instated by the current administration soon enough).
e.g. 17% of the people with that gene had cancer, and you have it, so raise your rates 151%. Oh wait, 37% of the people with this other gene had dementia - you're no longer covered.
Eventually, they'll only accept those people with a genomic lifetime 90% profit profile. That's the way this sort of thing works in the "real" world.
This won't be used to "close the care gap", unless they can charge more $$ for the additional checkups than they'll expect to have to give out in care as a result.
And they'll drop anyone suspected of needing too much care in the future based on their genome, even if they aren't sick. Pre-existing conditions times 100 (you know they'll be re-instated by the current administration soon enough).
e.g. 17% of the people with that gene had cancer, and you have it, so raise your rates 151%. Oh wait, 37% of the people with this other gene had dementia - you're no longer covered.
Eventually, they'll only accept those people with a genomic lifetime 90% profit profile. That's the way this sort of thing works in the "real" world.