Genetic testing's future rests on bill

Courtesy Marketplace  Wed, 04/23/2008 - 15:26

The U.S. Senate is expected to take up a bill that would outlaw "genetic discrimination" -- cutting someone's insurance or job based on test results that show a predisposition for a disease.

Stacey Vanek-Smith reports.


 

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