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Cancer patients missing holidays or travelling uninsured amid unfair insurance costs, charity says

Cancer patients and survivors, like Josh Cull from Bournemouth diagnosed in 2021, face exorbitant travel insurance costs that frequently prevent them from going on holidays abroad.
These high insurance prices result from insurers assessing higher risks of emergency medical treatment abroad for those with pre-existing conditions, leading some patients to be refused coverage or offered unaffordable premiums.
For example, Josh could not find insurance below £3,000 despite full recovery, and 72-year-old Millie Tharakan from north London paid £1,300 for European annual cover despite being fit to fly.
Maggie's chief executive Dame Laura Lee said these barriers cause emotional distress, while the Association of British Insurers stressed the industry's commitment to improving access and called it unfair that patients are priced out.
The charity Maggie's is urging Treasury minister Emma Reynolds and regulators to collaborate with insurers and patients to achieve a 'fairer deal' and reduce obstacles to travel insurance for cancer survivors.

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