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  • You can take action to ban genetic test results in life insurance in Australia

    You can take action to ban genetic test results in life insurance in Australia

    Dr Jane Tiller, Monash University   The field of genetics has great potential to improve medicine and public health, by enabling diagnosis, prevention and early treatment of disease. However, currently in Australia the life insurance industry is legally permitted to use genetic test results in underwriting, which can lead to discrimination. Insurance…