GINA made it illegal for employers and other groups to discriminate against people based on their genetics, and to require or even ask for genetic tests, or to hand over the results of previous tests in many contexts.
If a law forbids employers to ask for genetic data, then job-seekers with good genes will simply volunteer the data, much as they brag now on their rsums about their backgrounds.
This means that insurers can (and do) ask for genetic testing results to make decisions about your coverage and rates.
Parents and children are examined with a comprehensive battery of instruments and are asked for genetic material (saliva or blood) for genetic analyses.
An important reason to ask for genetic testing is to obtain certainty about the need for screening and/or prophylactic surgery (Dudok de Wit et al, 1997; Lynch et al, 1999; Meiser et al, 2000).
Four years later, the woman asked for genetic counseling and was informed of the sporadic incidence and negligible recurrence risk of human sirenomelia, and also of the fetal risks of maternal diabetes.
Personal cancer risk is explained and recommendations are given concerning suitable medical supervision and the necessity to encourage relatives to ask for genetic testing in order to be benefited from effective screening and prevention.
In a review on the delivery of genomic medicine for common chronic diseases it was concluded that there are no well-documented cases of health insurers either asking for or using genetic test results for discriminative purposes [ 25].
Only men with a strong family history of breast and ovarian cancer should ask for a genetic test.
