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Justice committee  Thank you. I'm obviously not in a position to comment on the law per se, but when you talk about the issue of how we can freely operate and provide the type of medical care that we feel is necessary, then I think this bill is going to provide us with this opportunity. I would li

November 22nd, 2016Committee meeting

Dr. Ronald Cohn

Justice committee  Absolutely. There is the case of this woman with colon cancer. If you take her and the cost of yearly colonoscopies into consideration, which are about $700, maybe $1,000, and compare it to the fact that she would be diagnosed at age 40 with metastatic colon cancer, that's hundre

November 22nd, 2016Committee meeting

Dr. Ronald Cohn

Justice committee  Thank you for the opportunity. I have to respectfully disagree with you on this. I would like to maybe step back for a second and make this a bit independent of the insurance issue. The statement that genetic discrimination is not like any other discrimination is simply wrong.

November 22nd, 2016Committee meeting

Dr. Ronald Cohn

Justice committee  I have a comment, a British comment I guess, that genetic testing is increasing. I think it's important to put this in the context that it doesn't have a negative impact on the health of anybody. The health and life expectancy of people doesn't change with the amount of genetic t

November 22nd, 2016Committee meeting

Dr. Ronald Cohn

Justice committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and thanks to the committee for providing me the opportunity to speak to you. I would like over the next few minutes to try to bring to life some of the discussions you have been having over the last few weeks, and to provide you with evidence tha

November 22nd, 2016Committee meeting

Dr. Ronald Cohn

Justice committee  Thank you.

November 22nd, 2016Committee meeting

Dr. Ronald Cohn