Insurance companies ask if anyone in your family has had a heart attack, stroke, died of cancer, etc. They can work out the probability (ONLY the probability though) that you will need expensive treatment at some point. I mean, if all the men in your family 4 generations back died fairly young of heart disease that doesn't guarantee it'll happen to you. But they'll suspect it and be wary of writing you a policy. Or they'll charge astronomical premiums. Doesn't it make sense not to give them grounds for suspicion?
That sort of "cherry picking" is supposed to be illegal under the ACA but who knows if/when the GOP will manage to repeal those protections.
To answer your other question, "No, your father is not a alien. Unless your mother is too." Lois Lane is closer, genetically speaking, to a carrot than she is to Superman. Improbable enough that Kryptonians even _look_ human.
Leo Diaz
>A shitload of me clones That would be great desu
Logan Myers
>Insurance companies
They don't provide health care, so they're irrelevant. Their entire business model is based around not paying out, which is fundamentally unsustainable until death is actually cured.
Christian Martin
The cops will know it was you that raped all those toddlers in the great toddler rape and murder case of 2018.
Dylan Lopez
They'll sell your data to everyone who asks.
>If mormon's discover you have mormon blood they'll harrass you till you join their cult. >If Nazi's discover you have jewish blood, expect a burning cross on your lawn. >If Trump discovers you have Native American blood, expect he'll call you Pocahontas
It's enabling racists while profiting off them. If you're anything but 100% pure Anglo Saxton Christian heritage then you should be worried. And if you are, then in about 10-15 years you should be worried.
DNA test need to be protected by doctor patient confidentiality. It's just another example of technology moving faster than the laws, and once they get away with it it becomes precedent, which makes it the new law. Fucking insane legal system we got. If I invent a new way to murder people that's not covered by any legal means, then I'll have established legal precedent for murdering people legally. Someone invent me a murder machine!!
Nathan Jones
Convergent evolution, Because our fucking hips and knees are the pinnacle of bipedal locomotion.
But he can shoot lazor beams from his eyes and fly without displacing air because biological reasons.
Owen Flores
actually this raises a question. How far does doctor patient confidentiality extend? If someone goes to a doctor for an abortion, that's confidential. But if they send blood work to the lab, does the lab have to respect confidentiality, or can they sell your lab test results to anyone?
Bentley Nelson
Because there's legal precedent for copyrighting a genome.
Aiden White
I believe you but
>>If Trump discovers you have Native American blood, expect he'll call you Pocahontas I think its the opposite here, he calls her that to make fun of her for not being native
Xavier Thompson
Health insurance. They're paying for treatment so they care a lot whether you're likely to get sick.
You're probably thinking Life insurance. If no one dies, they don't have to pay out. Pure profit. On the other hand, if no one dies, no one will buy life insurance.
