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Cancer survivors now have 'right to be forgotten' when seeking mortgage protection insurance

Survivors, their families and campaigners have long sought the ‘right to be forgotten’.
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Cancer survivors want the right to be forgotten when it comes to mortgages and life insurance

Apparently Catherine Ardagh introduced a bill in the Dáil yesterday to force insurance companies not to ask questions about cancer when someone applies for mortgage protection or life insurance. She spoke about it on Newstalk Breakfast this morning. The main argument she seemed to make was...
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Seems a bit arbitrary. There's a slew of diseases which can be effectively treated but nevertheless are associated with an adverse impact on life expectancy, including not only cancer but also diabetes, HIV infection, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, kidney disease, lupus and Parkinsonism. Why are cancer sufferers singled out for this protection?
 
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diabetes, HIV infection, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, kidney disease, lupus and Parkinsonism
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Do any of these diseases go into remission? As far as I'm aware they are permanent life-long conditions that require on-going treatment.

The right to be forgotten is conditional on the cancer being in complete remission and active treatment finished for at least 5 years.
 
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Isn't that the point? You're rated for conditions you currently have.

If you used to be a smoker, but aren't anymore, you get better rates.

If you used to have cancer, but don't anymore, you get better rates.
 
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