The public's general indifference to one of science's landmark achievements has persisted even as the science and technology involved have yielded some remarkable discoveries. Of course, people can perhaps be forgiven for not wanting to recognize that they don't have many more genes than round worms or fruit flies. In this dawning era of genomic medicine, the concept of private health insurance, which is based on actuarially pooling risk within specified, fragmented groups, will become obsolete. Decoding Health Insurance | 
