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Rules would bar gene-based bias

US Labor Secretary Hilda Solis said people should not have to worry that medical data will jeopardize their health insurance. US Labor Secretary Hilda Solis said people should not have to worry that medical data will jeopardize their health insurance.
By Bloomberg News
October 2, 2009

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Insurers and health providers would be barred from discriminating against people based on genetic information under rules proposed by several federal agencies. (Full article: 187 words)

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