ANGUS S. MACDONALD, PROFESSOR OF ACTUARIAL MATHEMATICS
Only the rarest hereditary disorders would create a major cost burden for insurers. They should agree to ignore genetic tests, and avoid a legal ban.
JEREMY GRUBER, COUNCIL FOR RESPONSIBLE GENETICS
If the promise of the genetic revolution is to be fulfilled, the public must know that genetic testing will not endanger their economic security.
FRANCIS S. COLLINS, NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
Even without barring insurers from seeing genetic tests, such tests should not be demanded of anyone. And research data must be kept private.
BARTHA MARIA KNOPPERS, MCGILL UNIVERSITY
Only rare conditions can be predicted with certainty, and insurers can already access a variety of hereditary information about applicants.
SHAWN HAUSMAN, AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERS
Advances in medicine have made it possible for insurers to offer coverage to more people, not fewer.
JOY LARSEN HAIDLE, NATIONAL SOCIETY OF GENETIC COUNSELORS
Even if insurers are allowed to consider the tests, they need to ensure they fully understand what results do and do not reveal.
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