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Is this going to be like the stem cell research ban?

America falls behind Europe and others?

I doubt it will come from Europe; genetic testing (like 23andme and parental tests) is literally banned in France because "genes don't exist/don't matter" and "we're all French".

This research will come from China, which has taboos about certain political topics, but not race.

The stem cell research ban was to assuage religious people. This I understand, the last thing I want is some insurance company saying I need to pay 10x because of my genes.

> the last thing I want is some insurance company saying I need to pay 10x because of my genes.

On average you would expect to pay the same of what you are paying today. But it would give discount to people with longevity genes and makes the bills more expensive to disease-prone individuals.

Yeah. That's fuuuuuuuuuuuucked up. "Sorry you were born more likely to suffer disease, which is unfortunately going to make your life much harder. We'd like to double down by making you pay more money too. Hope you are comfortable being both less wealthy and less healthy!"

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