Major insurance companies including Aetna, Anthem and Cigna are declining to pay for genetic tests made popular by Angelina Jolie’s call for women at risk to take control of their health.
Major insurance companies including Aetna, Anthem and Cigna are declining to pay for genetic tests made popular by Angelina Jolie’s call for women at risk to take control of their health.
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The insurers say that the tests are unproven and may lead patients to seek out medical care they don’t need. While they acknowledge that multi-gene tests produce data that may not be useful from a diagnostic standpoint, they say that by refusing or delaying coverage, insurance companies are endangering patients who could be undergoing screenings or changing their diets if they knew about the possible risks.