Kass N E
Program in Law, Ethics, and Health, School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.
Hastings Cent Rep. 1992 Nov-Dec;22(6):6-11.
Genetic testing raises concerns that individuals will be denied health insurance (and thus, effectively, access to health care), or that employers will screen to eliminate potentially costly workers. Although we as a society do not yet concur on the degree to which private businesses have a responsibility to promote social justice, several different policy alternatives might allow us to weigh the interests of insurers, as businesses, against the interests of citizens in a responsible manner.
基因检测引发了人们的担忧，即个人可能会被拒绝获得医疗保险（从而实际上无法获得医疗保健服务），或者雇主会进行筛选以剔除可能成本较高的员工。尽管作为一个社会，我们尚未就私营企业在促进社会正义方面应承担的责任程度达成共识，但有几种不同的政策选择或许能让我们以负责任的方式权衡保险公司作为企业的利益与公民的利益。
