cancer
Income Protection
The government looks set to force through its controversial welfare reforms without giving the House of Lords a chance to readdress the amendments it made.
02 February 2012
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1 min read
PMI
Cancer charities have slammed the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence's (Nice) decision to reject a drug that prolongs the life of prostate cancer suffers for being too expensive.
02 February 2012
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2 min read
PMI
Defaqto has released its Star Ratings for private medical insurance (PMI) for the first time.
01 February 2012
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1 min read
Income Protection
Government ministers will aim to overturn the exclusion of means-testing of cancer patients receiving Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) as the coalition's government's Welfare Reform Bill moves back to the House of Commons.
01 February 2012
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1 min read
Critical Illness
Bright Grey paid out 91% of critical illness (CI) claims in the last six months of 2011.
30 January 2012
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1 min read
Individual PMI
Medical insurance brokers have applauded moves by private medical insurance (PMI) providers to remove the limits on cancer coverage for many standard polices.
10 January 2012
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1 min read
Individual PMI
Axa PPP has removed all cost and time limits for licensed cancer drug treatment for patients on its standard individual and SME plans.
09 January 2012
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1 min read
PMI
A new atlas of the NHS has been produced highlighting variations in coverage of 71 different treatment areas across the country.
12 December 2011
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2 min read
Critical Illness
Britain will be facing a bill of more than £15bn a year to diagnose and treat cancer in ten years time, new research has suggested.
12 December 2011
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3 min read
Critical Illness
Bad lifestyle choices such as smoking, poor diet, high alcohol intake and excess weight are responsible for ‘around 40% of all cancers', according to new research.
07 December 2011
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2 min read
