ket insurance" coverage for everyone at the same rate. This would be the only fair action that would have the common person's interest in mind, although it is a socialist concept, people would not be discriminated against and it would put everyone on a level playing field. Since I don't see a comprehensive health care plan in our horizon, we should consider making personal genetic information excluded from insurance companies, the government, etc., except for the actual treatment of the patient, which was the original reason that these tests were created. The reason that I feel genetic information should be totally excluded from insurance companies is this: Once genetic testing becomes widely available, it would be easy for an insurance company to require people to submit to a genetic test before they could be covered. If the person applying is found to be unfit, it could go on his or her insurance "medical report", such as a "credit report", which would blacklist that person from ever getting coverage. Obviously there is a need for governmental laws to prevent this from happening. No one can control what genes they will get, and just because you have "bad" genes doesn't mean you are a "bad" person, thus no one should be discriminated against due to these "weaknesses". I personally feel that the Human Genome Project is a great undertaking intended for the benefit of mankind. There are many advances that have been made in treatments as well as the creation of various machines that automate the process of gene mapping. Machines that may be used to automate the study of other organisms. I just don't trust the motives behind the insurance companies who could unduly benefit from such testing. I feel that the individuals right to privacy should remain paramount, and that there should be laws set in motion to prohibit a person from being discriminated against because of genetic predisposition....
