Then there was the big question about what would happen to the 23&me data would some insurance company buy it etc. For the part of the population that actually looks at their pay stub, health insurance is probably the biggest deduction. Sure it ended up not playing out that way exactly this time but does anyone think that won't be the case next time round. Even if medical insurance is restricted on how they use information on pre-existing conditions that does not mean others are. What if an auto insurer looked at your age and knew you had some genetic marker that suggested dementia in your future? I don't think there is anything that would stop them from pricing that enhanced risk in or deciding to not offer a policy at all same things for other coverage like umbrella.
These fears are imaginary. If insurance companies were allowed or needed your DNA, they would just require testing as part of underwriting. For example, life insurance companies already test for cholesterol. It would be trivial for them to run genetic test on the same sample.
Well, news at 11 - people usually grow when dealing with adversity.
Nah, majority of first world people take prozac when dealing with adversity. People only grow when they deal with the problems instead of avoiding them or blaming them on something else like "unfair system". US schools do not promote that approach.
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