No Health Care For You!

Just kidding - you can still get health care. (If you can afford it.) But, there's a bill that just (unanimously) passed through congress that, had it not passed, would have allowed your genetic pre-disposition for certain ailments to determine whether you could be covered or not.

It's amazing to me that this was even a consideration and I'm glad congress essentially squashed the notion. It's a free country, after all. I didn't read through the bill or anything, but I'd bet good money that there was no provision for someone with stellar genetics to get a discount. Here's a news piece on the issue:



As previously noted, the only dissenting voice was Ron Paul. WTF?