# OnCo record idea-prev-genetic-non-discrimination-insurance (idea). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
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<https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-prev-genetic-non-discrimination-insurance/>
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  onco:kind "idea" ;
  schema:identifier "idea-prev-genetic-non-discrimination-insurance" ;
  schema:name "Ban life and disability insurers from using genetic results"@en ;
  schema:description "Fear of losing insurance is a top barrier to genetic testing in surveys. Extending non-discrimination law to life and disability cover, as Canada's 2017 Genetic Non-Discrimination Act does and the US law does not, would remove that fear and raise cascade testing in families."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-prev-genetic-non-discrimination-insurance/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-09-08"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:citation <https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2017.73.6314> ;
  onco:sections <https://onco.cc/fronts/prevention/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/germline-testing/> ;
  onco:bottlenecks <https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-hereditary-risk/>, <https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-prevention-adoption/> ;
  onco:keyPapers <https://onco.cc/key-papers/paper-childers-j-clin-oncol/> .