On Mon, 7 Jul 2003, Tim May wrote:
> > I have to disagree here. Medical insurance is not the same as life
> > or car insurance. It was all supposed to be a big pool that we would
> > draw on when needed. By skimmimng the cream, infant mortality rates
> > rise, along with a host of other pro
On Mon, 7 Jul 2003, Major Variola (ret) wrote:
> At 01:15 PM 7/7/03 -0400, Stormwalker wrote:
> >On Mon, 7 Jul 2003, Major Variola (ret) wrote:
> >> Interesting, thanks. Even a brother's daughter could be refused.
> >
> > The BRCA genes are only transmitted
The issue of knowing about other people based on one subject's DNA
has been known for for several years. For example, if a a woman
has the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene (breast cancer), then so does her mother,
sister(s) and daughter(s) because the gene is hereditary. Insurance
companies can/have refused ins
