Posted on 03/10/2017 8:10:21 AM PST by MarchonDC09122009
I see this from the other side. If you work for me and the law requires me to pay for your medical insurance, you can be damn sure that I want to know about all your defects.
For what purpose do you “damn sure” want to know?
From what I read, the information is supposed to be limited to use in wellness plans...
Would you be using it for termination purposes?
Boy will we old cranks have fun telling future youngsters how things got to be so Eff’ed up on our watch...
I don’t think it will be limited too workforce usage either...
Every time I see one of those DNA-results commercials for 23andMe or Ancestry.com, I cringe because (as I asked my sister-in-law), who has access to the information? What will they do with it?
Sadly there are folks here that don’t seem to see the danger...
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1313/all-actions?overview=closed#tabs
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Why would you call it fake news?
If you read thru the posts, you will see it was posted on Congress.Gov HR1313 and there are several sponsors—tho not the 22 GOP that the article mentions.
I have healthy DNA & healthy buying habits. Willing to sell DNA.
on the road to 666
F them.
They nor employers do not understand genetic test results. This will be used against people. Explain to me why you can’t discriminate against employees because of the color of their skin. BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE BORN THE WAY THEY ARE BORN. How are your genetic fingerprints not as out of your control?
This would be the height of discrimination.
This would also be a lack of privacy EQUIVALENT TO requiring open leg “doctor view” naked crotch shots on job applications.
How DARE some Republicans think this is even worth a suggestion in the chamber?
The legalese doesn’t explain that this would immediately MAKE HIRING MALE HOMOSEXUALS VERY DIFFICULT, if they really mean it re “wellness.” It would also follow that you shouldn’t hire people who drink much alcohol. We all know these things will never happen. So it’s BS.
People’s health should be their own business. We need to stop requiring any employer from any health coverage for their employees. Switzerland has solved this problem perfectly. A Swiss employer covers all accidents of their employees. That is the only thing they cover. Not the rest of health care. Just all accidents, whether they happened on the job or on the ski run. It’s very simple and takes up little time in HR (I used to run an HR dept there). No investigations needed. Just bring us your accident Med bill and we pay.
I think whoever sponsored this needs a firing squad.
The Republican party has a serious “enemy within” problem that needs to be rectified if there’s to be any hope of progress.
I see this from the other side. If you work for me and the law requires me to pay for your medical insurance, you can be damn sure that I want to know about all your defects.
GET MANDATED HEALTH INS OUT OF EMPLOYERS. If a company wishes to offer it as a perk, fine, but no laws about this at all. If a company wants to offer health insurance as a perk to employees who give permission to be genetically tested, fine also, but let them get sued if the employee isn’t willing and the company will lose. It’s like saying you can work here if you never engage in anal sex, so we will keep cameras in your bedroom. You can’t demand things like that. Your genes are the most unique and personal things about you.
I didn't. I asked a question, hence the question mark! :(?)
Look at people sending off their DNA to find out their heritage. American health records offshore in electronic format. Your phone basically tracks everywhere you go.
What could possibly go wrong with any of that?
Sounds cool. At first....
Why would you call it fake news?
I didn’t. I asked a question, hence the question mark! :(?)
Oh, ok well, apparently it is not fake news as it is listed on congressional website.
Yes, the world is well on the road to 666.
Sorry for a few double-pinged to this thread.
No damn body has a “right” to my genetic information, nor will they be getting it. Not until EVERY HIV or AIDS patient has to disclose they’re viruses. Not until EVERY person with an STD has to give up there lifestyle up publicly, and not even then. A person’s genetic make up is wholly out of their control, lifestyles that lead to AIDS or STDs is another matter.
Who ever thinks this a viable idea is EVIL.
***I wonder if this is ok under HIPAA ?***
Of course it isn’t. I guess they’ll have to scrap that.
Good luck getting anyone who cares about freedom to work for you.
Do you all realize how many people this would affect? If your mother has heart disease you are genetically predisposed to it. Same with cancer, diabetes, I could go on. Genetically speaking, everyone has a “flaw” somewhere in their DNA.
Anyone for this is NOT a freedom lover. I can’t believe what I’m reading. I bet some you pushing this garbage are furious to know you can be spied on by your smartphone. Unbelievable.
What you said.
The more I think about this the angrier I’m getting. You cannot discriminate based on race, and rightfully so. But it has been proven that blacks have a higher likelihood, based on genetics, of having diabetes and heart disease. And let’s not forget sickle cell, so your going to penalize people based on their genetic makeup, something they have no control over, but not based on race, again something you have no control over.
This is nothing more than greedy Republicans doing the bidding for insurance companies. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I stand with every Democrat who voted against this. F the Republican’s!
Lili, its worse than that. Epigenetics is a thing, and just because you have 20,000x more of a chance to have anything (heart disease, any cancer, Alzheimer’s, etc), your employer has no idea what lifestyle changes you may have made since childhood to prevent it.
No one should LOOK at someone else’s genetics (other than their doctor if asked). Too many false decisions could be made.
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