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Association urges Senate support for genetic nondiscrimination billFrom: Dean Huffman . (dean@thehuffpeople.net)Sun Apr 20 16:46:27 2008
.. Association urges Senate support for genetic nondiscrimination bill AAMC President and CEO Darrell G. Kirch, M.D., sent a letter last week to all members of the U.S. Senate urging support for the "Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA)." The bill seeks to prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to health insurance and employment. Approved unanimously by the Senate in the 108th and 109th Congresses, the measure has not progressed past the committee level in the 110th Congress. The House passed its version of the bill in April 2007. The AAMC letter notes that "if patients, researchers, clinicians, and industry are to realize the promise of personalized medicine and the use of genetic information in health care, Congress must pass GINA." Information: Go to http://www.aamc.org/advocacy/library/research/corres/2008/041608.pdf
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