Tom Coburn: “One example of such discrimination cited in the past is based on prenatal testing. A 1996 report by the National Academy…”

“One example of such discrimination cited in the past is based on prenatal testing. A 1996 report by the National Academy of Sciences cited a case in which a California HMO threatened to deny health care coverage to a child because that child, before being born, antenatal, tested positive for a genetic defect associated with cystic fibrosis. Would this legislation protect against this type of discrimination?”