Genetic discrimination: disease-susceptible people being denied life insurance
The Australian Government is investigating an exception to anti-discrimination legislation which allows insurance companies to deny or increase life cover based on genetic testing information.
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00:24 (Dr. Jennifer Lange) We find that a lot of people decide they don't want testing
00:27 because they're concerned about the future financial implications
00:30 for themselves or for their family members.
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