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How your health (and genetic results) affects your life, travel and health insurance

  • Written by Jane Tiller, Ethical, Legal & Social Adviser in Public Health Genomics, Monash University
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The Australian parliament is set to pass legislation today to ban life insurers from using genetic test results to discriminate against people applying for life insurance.

Once the law comes into effect in about six months, it will apply to all new life insurance contracts. These include for death cover, income protection, disability...

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