George Bush (junior) signed a law barring insurance companies from using DNA data for health insurance pricing etc.
I was surprised by this b/c my assumption was that insurance companies would want that and Republicans would push for it. The law passed 95-0 in the Senate though so this seems like, along with robocalls, something everyone is opposed to.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_Information_Nondiscrim...
The traditional view of Republicans being pro big business and Democrats fighting for the little guy don’t seem at all accurate in this day.
In the day of George W Bush, when this was passed?
Today pretty much every baby born has their DNA taken and that can end up being used by law enforcement, but adults can try to avoid giving their DNA to the government, drug makers, and data brokers by not using services like Ancestry.com and 23andMe.
Other forms of insurance, such as life or disability, can deny you coverage based on having had genetic testing.
The insurance industry as a whole is relatively familiar with the law, but some employers at large are less familiar and find themselves on the wrong end of enforcement actions with EEOC: https://www.eeoc.gov/data/genetic-information-non-discrimina...
Here's my genome: https://my.pgp-hms.org/profile/hu80855C Let me know if you can actually find anything interesting- the last time it was analyzed the genetic counsellors said I had no known genetic risks.