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In the US, insurance companies cannot discriminate based on your genetic data, contrary to what many people in the comments are saying.
https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/special-topics/genetic-information/index.html
For now. The US is a victim of legislative capture by corporations and it's possible that in the future lobbying by insurance companies will open the door to them using some of that data.
They're spending a lot of money lobbying inside the Beltway to change that. So far it hasn't worked but it's only a matter of time.