Via Dr. Mercola, I came across this. This statement is mind-boggling:
"Like discrimination based on race and gender, genetic discrimination is based on the unchangeable and -- because the information must be sought out by the offender -- is equally offensive,'' Snowe said (Senator Olympia Snowe).
Senator No-Swim said this bill is "'the first major new civil rights bill of the new century." The message is that private companies like health insurers and employers will have to abide by federally-mandated equality decrees. I understand the health insurance companies supported the bill. Free market, not.
Of course, the most notable aspect of this debacle will be how "genetic disease" will be defined.