Congress Passes Bill to Bar Bias Based on Genes

This bill would limit innovative health insurance products which could actually lower rates for consumers.

The debate of uses of genetic information for insurance purposes unfortunately masks the underlying problem:  namely, the failure or inability of Congress to address the failure of the US health care system to allocate risks and costs based on rational policy choices, rather than based upon the "luck of the draw." 

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