For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
March 6, 2002

President Pleased with Health Insurance Bill

I applaud Senators Snowe, Frist, and Jeffords for introducing their bill today to prohibit discrimination in health insurance  and employment based solely on an individual's genetic predisposition to a future disease.  The bill provides strong protections against genetic discrimination that are fair, reasonable, and consistent with existing laws. I look forward to working with Congress in a bipartisan manner to pass legislation to assure Americans the privacy of their genetic information will be protected and never used to deny health coverage or jobs.

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