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Health: Health insurance now pays for trisomy tests for pregnant women – news

The General Association of the Disabled in Germany (ABiD) is now warning of a “large selection”. Social worker Dennis Riehle recently said he thinks it is “incompatible with the applicable Social Security laws for health insurance to fund trisomy 21 blood tests in the future.” The push increases the incentive to make genetic diagnostics standard—a …

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Health: Kasse now pays for a trisomy test in pregnant women – knowledge

Blood tests, which promise to find out about certain genetic defects in the baby, will pay for health insurance in certain cases from Friday. Photo: Tobias Kleinschmidt / dpa As of Friday, the time has come: health insurance pays for prenatal blood tests for trisomies. What led to this decision – and why it continues …

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