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Insurance for the Insurers The Use of Genetic Tests
Author(s) -
Kass Nancy E.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
hastings center report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1552-146X
pISSN - 0093-0334
DOI - 10.2307/3562940
Subject(s) - business , genetic testing , economic justice , health insurance , health care , private insurance , social responsibility , actuarial science , social justice , public economics , public relations , law and economics , economics , law , political science , economic growth , medicine
Genetic testing raises concerns that individuals will be denied health insurance (and thus, effectively, access to health care), or that employers will screen to eliminate potentially costly workers. Although we as a society do not yet concur on the degree to which private businesses have a responsibility to promote social justice, several different policy alternatives might allow us to weigh the interests of insurers, as businesses, against the interests of citizens in a responsible manner.