It's bad enough being at risk for a genetic illness. It's also no fun to fear losing your job due to an illness.
But to lose your job, and your benefits, just when you need them most, is unconscionable.
Yet that's how the US military treats its members.
For more than 20 years, the armed forces have held a policy that specifically denies disability benefits to servicemen and women with congenital or hereditary conditions. The practice would be illegal in almost any other workplace.
