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MontanaMama

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10. Similar story here.

Reply to Horse with no Name (Reply #8)

Sun May 7, 2017, 01:32 AM

May 2017

My Grandad and father died of early onset dementia. Mr mom died of cancer. I'm terrified that I carry the gene for one or both. I don't dare get tested. At 52, I guess I'll let the chips fall.

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Under ACA, companies couldn't discriminate based on your genetic tests: Trumpcare--YES THEY CAN! [View all] riversedge May 2017 OP

And they certainly WILL. dalton99a May 2017 #1

This is the other shoe to the bill that let employers request your genetic tests. Afromania May 2017 #2

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2017 #3

This is the primary reason MontanaMama May 2017 #4

I agree. Ilsa May 2017 #7

Me too Horse with no Name May 2017 #8

Similar story here. MontanaMama May 2017 #10

I had resigned myself last November to the end of the ACA. No Superstition May 2017 #5

It is a heartbreak. MontanaMama May 2017 #11

Rep. Foxx of NC is trying to water down employee protections Ilsa May 2017 #6

K&R ismnotwasm May 2017 #9