Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Genetics + Insurance= Good?
I think that this is a sticky situation. I am not convinced that providing the insurance company with a set of genetics would be beneficial for a couple of reasons. 1) I do not want my genetics floating around in an office or visible to un-necessary eyes. 2.) I would not want my genetics to affect my insurance policy (not saying it would), but I would not want it to be a factor in my mind. We cannot help the genetics we are given! 3) If there is no purpose for the company to have it, then what is the point?! I would be more likely to give them my information if they were going to pursue different health benefits for my personal life style, or could help with health preventions. But... that is not their purpose. These are just some of my thoughts... What are yours?
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We cannot help the genetics we are given, great argument! I agree, if giving insurance companies our genetic information would be beneficial to our health, I would do it, but again, like you said, it is not their purpose.
ReplyDeleteGreat point that the insurance companies are not really in the business of health prevention. They are more concerned with the bottom line. I mean who really knows what they would do with the information until it came to the day that they got the info. But I must admit, I would not want to be the test case to see what they decided to do after seeing my genetic make-up. Wouldn't it be great though if they could use the info just to help us by performing preventive measures? I just have the awful feeling that that wouldn't be the case.
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