Find web-exclusive articles from the University of Iowa Huntington's Disease Society of America Center of Excellence HIND-Sight newsletter on a variety of HD topics.

Protection for HD families against health insurance discrimination
A new law in Iowa, SF 2215, protects individuals from having their genetic information used to deny them health insurance or to set health insurance rates. UI Professor of Law Sheldon Kurtz explains the protections it affords.

Dr. Gonzalez a fixture at UI HDSA COE HD Clinic
Since January, the UI HDSA COE HD Clinic has had one consistent neurologist seeing patients. Read more about Dr. Pedro Gonzalez and his take on why the biweekly clinic is so beneficial to patients.

As rules continue to be finalized, what is to be made of GINA?
New legislation seeks to protect individuals form genetic discrimination by health insurance companies and employers. With final rules for enforcement still being written, where does the law stand, and what impact should it have on the decision to be genetically tested? Legal scholar Cheryl Erwin weighs in.