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Nature 394, 306 (23 July 1998) | doi:10.1038/28454

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Bill tightens law against genetic discrimination by health insurers

Meredith Wadman

Republican members of the US Senate are trying to fill the gaps in a 1996 law prohibiting genetic discrimination in health insurance coverage. A bill introduced last week would prohibit health insurers from using genetic information to deny individual insurance policies to people who have not been previously or recently insured.