Master in Food Ethics and Law

UNESCO Chair in Bioethics

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  • Bioethics and Law Observatory
  • UNESCO Chair in Bioethics
  • University of Barcelona
  • Faculty of Law
  • Ave. Diagonal, 684
  • 08034 Barcelona
  • (+34) 93 403 45 46
  • obd.ub@ub.edu
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  • Master in Bioethics and Law
  • (+34) 93 403 45 46
  • master.bd@ub.edu

 

"Banning Genetic Discrimination in Life Insurance — Time to Follow Florida’s Lead"

The New England Journal of Medicine

Florida  be-came  the  first  state  to  pro-hibit  life  insurance  companies  from  using  genetic  information,  defined  as  the  results  of  predic-tive genetic tests, in underwriting unless the information is accom-panied by a diagnosis of a medi-cal  condition.  This  policy  is  im-portant   because   the   federal   Genetic  Information  Nondiscrim-ination  Act  (GINA)  applies  only  to employment and health insur-ance.