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Some Companies Recently Began Offering Employees Tests for Genetic Mutations Linked to Cancer
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Some Companies Recently Began Offering Employees Tests for Genetic Mutations Linked to Cancer

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Dec 16, 2015
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Some Companies Recently Began Offering Employees Tests for Genetic Mutations Linked to Cancer
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Visa, Slack, and Instacart recently began offering employees subsidized tests for genetic mutations linked to breast and ovarian cancer. While companies are hoping that genetic tests will cut down on overall health care costs, some are concerned that this option opens the door to discrimination based on genetic information.

—The Wall Street Journal

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