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Post by peasapie on Mar 27, 2016 15:37:08 GMT
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tincin
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Post by tincin on Mar 27, 2016 16:36:30 GMT
Well wouldn't you know it? My kit just came in the mail on Friday. My DSs had mentioned their concern for privacy and I poopooed it. Now I will discuss it with them and see if they want me to do it. I understand the fact that if you have nothing to hide, you shouldn't worry about it, but the USA is founded on the presumption of innocent until proven guilty. Allowing law enforcement access to this sort of data base, IMO, is like allowing them to search my house without a warrant. I don't like fishing expeditions. Something to ponder now.
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May 17, 2024 21:35:52 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2016 19:32:58 GMT
My biggest concern about the DNA testing/results concerns the tests that can or will be able to pinpoint possible future health issues. If you have a history of cancer in your family or some other diseases and your DNA shows that you have the gene (or whatever) just how long will it take for the insurance companies to figure out a way to go after that information. Will people have their health insurance rates determined by what the DNA results say? Will people not be able to get life insurance? This may be farfetched but we have seen more and more intrusion in our personal lives. The health insurance used by DH's company had everyone go through a 'wellness' screening to determine your deductible. Your deductible was calculated through BMI, smoker or not, blood pressure and cholesterol levels. You received a 'credit' for every level that met whatever standards the insurance companies go by. The blood tests came back with some of the most amazing information I have ever seen. If some of your levels (triglycerides as an example) were high, you had to use an online counseling service provided by the insurance company and then get retested at a later point in time. Those results were not supposed to impact your deductibles (other than the 4 mentioned above) but the HR department warned everyone to make sure to get things like that under control because they could become important in future annual screenings. If an employee chose to not do the screening their deductible was set at about $5000. If you passed all the tests your deductible was $2600. I am not usually an alarmist or conspiracy theorist but this really concerns me.
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