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Genetic Discrimination: Overview of the Issue and Proposed Legislation
- Highlight from the CRS Report:Collectively, genetic diseases and common diseases with a genetic component pose a significant public health burden. Genetic testing may both facilitate and be inhibited by the potential for genetic discrimination.
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- Highlight from the CRS Report:Virtually all disease has a genetic component. The term “genetic disease” has traditionally been used to refer to rare monogenic (caused by a single gene) inherited disease, for example, cystic fibrosis. However, we now know that all complex diseases, including common chronic conditions such as cancer, heart disease and diabetes, are the product of some combination of genetic and environmental factors.
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- Highlight from the CRS Report: Medicaid is one of the largest major domestic entitlement programs in the U.S. today. This report provides an overview of Medicaid managed care. It includes a discussion of the major features of both the managed care and the traditional fee-for- service delivery systems in Medicaid.
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- Highlight from the CRS Report: The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA 97; P.L. 105-33) established the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) under a new Title XXI of the Social Security Act. In general, this program allows states to cover targeted low-income children with no health insurance in families with income that is above Medicaid eligibility levels. The highest upper income eligibility limit for children in SCHIP is 350% of the federal poverty level, in one state, New Jersey.
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Genetic Testing
Medicaid Managed Care: An Overview and Key Issues for Congress
State Children's Health Insurance Program
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