Life Insurance Lowdown

I know this bit of news comes all the way from UK. But the crass denial of basic rights to patients… cancer patients, had me fuming, and well, I couldn’t go on without writing about it. Thousands of people suffering from cancer are being denied insurance in the UK. This, despite the fact that medical advances have increased survival rates dramatically.

Many of these sufferers are not even being allowed to take a life cover and other forms of insurance. This puts their homes at risk AND causes needless distress. The situation is particularly acute for women with breast cancer, who are being overcharged for cover by as much as £36,000 over the life of a policy. Telegraph.co.uk reports:

"Insurance companies are not always taking the impact of new medicines into account," Anna Woods, of Breast Cancer Care, said yesterday. "New treatments are increasing survival rates all the time and the companies are not keeping track enough."

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