Insurance For Cancer Sufferers

EDM number 274 in 2007-08, proposed by Sharon Hodgson on 14/11/2007.
Categorised under the topics of Diseases, Financial services and Health services.

That this House notes that the number of people diagnosed with breast cancer has increased but that fewer people are dying of the disease; further notes the estimate from Breast Cancer Care that 172,000 women have been diagnosed with breast cancer in the last decade and have survived; believes that the travel insurance industry should become more sensitive in dealing with those who have been diagnosed with breast cancer, including those in remission, and who sometimes face unreasonably high charges for travel insurance, sometimes making it too expensive to enjoy a holiday; supports the efforts of cancer victim Fiona Macrae, who has teamed up with an insurance company and, after consultation with breast cancer charities, launched Insure Pink to halve premiums for sufferers who want to travel; commends such initiatives if they allow and encourage insurance brokers, through better informed questioning, to reflect the true risks of holiday travel, not the perceived risk of travelling with a severe condition; and encourages wider application of these principles in relation to other cancers.

This motion has been signed by a total of 59 MPs.