Patient-led campaign to ensure vital cancer immunotherapy treatments are funded by all Irish health insurance providers.
Dublin City, Ireland
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My name is Bernard, living in Ireland. I have stage 4 stomach cancer. My medical consultants recommend Immunotherapy and chemotherapy. Despite best scientific and clinical evidence, my Irish healthcare insurer won't fund this. Am I alone?
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Dear Friends, Laya have reviewed my case and have AGREED to fund Pembro for me. I want to thank you all. This win is huge for me and will make it easier for other patients to gain access in future. Thank you for the kindness & support you gave me at a very tough time. We won!
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Today was the "soft-launch" of our media campaign to get all Irish health insurers fund cancer immunotherapy #FundImmuno . I have been overwhelmed with the support (over 5000 shares in a day, just on LinkedIn). Thank you. @LayaHealthcare do us right!
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A low-key kick-off to our Irish campaign 1) for all Irish health insurers to provide access to cancer immunotherapies recommended by our oncologists immediately; 2) for fair access to immunotherapies in the public system; 3) Ireland to tax plan for future CAR-T & miRNA therapy.
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Combined immunotherapy drugs could be a ‘game-changer’ in treatment of most common form of bowel cancer independent.ie/news/combined…
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‘Extremely unfair’ - the imbalance in health insurance cover for life-changing cancer drugs irishtimes.com/health/2023/0…
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