WellPoint Inc. says it will pay for DNA testing for three children to see whether they have inherited from their father a heart disease that often strikes without warning, reversing an earlier decision to deny coverage. The company is making an “exception” for the three children, following a Bloomberg News story that described how some insurers refuse to pay for genetic testing. WellPoint’s Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield unit had denied the children coverage for the test since December, calling it “experimental” and “not medically necessary.”
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