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Paranoia can take you only that far. HN is supposed to be a place where smart people with big data in there minds hang out. Imagine when insurance companies has everybody's DNA - you think there's a perfect DNA? No, everybody has a different sets of risks. Again, just because you have a risk, it doesn't mean that you will developer the disease. For example, according to 23andMe, I have a lowered risk of Melanoma, yet, 8 years ago, I had stage 0 Melanoma. Genetically, my children are safe as their DNA is clear, but this won't prevent insurance companies tracing my kids health records to mine, if you know what I mean. If you look at the current research, risks are +/- a few percent, so, it doesn't really give you much except certain conditions. But it is much better for you personally to know what you're highly predisposed to than to be a paranoid chicken and not get your DNA sequenced.


No if the insurance companys get hold of your you will be "Fucked" If they can find loop holes to increase your premiums they will.


Health insurance isn't like auto insurance and the plan pricing is only driven by age. So, for a few more months, insurance companies can decline coverage to certain people, but as of next year, there's nothing those crooks can do!




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