Bush Oks Bill On Genetic Bias ; Also Offers Policy to Test Cuba Reforms
The Washington Times › May 22, 2008
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President Bush yesterday signed a bill barring insurance companies and employers from discriminating based on a person's genetic information, and also announced a shift in policy toward Cuba he said is designed to test its new dictator.
Mr. Bush said the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) "protects our citizens from having genetic information misused ... without undermining the basic premise of the insurance industry"See the full content of this document
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Bush Oks Bill On Genetic Bias ; Also Offers Policy to Test Cuba Reforms
The nondiscrimination act will bar insurance companies from raising rates for persons with genetic predispositions ...
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