Five major institutions are calling for the implementation of the “right to be forgotten” in Poland, which would prevent insurers from penalizing cancer survivors five years after their treatment ends. <\/p>\n
Winning the fight against cancer is often undermined by financial hurdles. Many survivors face higher insurance premiums or outright denials when applying for loans because lenders view their past illness as a long-term risk.<\/p>\n
Five key institutions have joined forces to demand legislative changes. They propose that, five years after the completion of oncological treatment, a patient’s medical history should no longer be used to justify financial discrimination.<\/p>\n
The proposed regulations aim to introduce the “right to be forgotten” into Polish law. This policy would ensure that individuals who have successfully completed cancer treatment are no longer treated as high-risk groups by insurance companies solely due to their past medical records.<\/p>\n
Current practices often prevent people who have returned to full professional and family life from accessing essential financial products, creating an unfair burden for those who have already overcome a health crisis.<\/p>\n
The coalition of five institutions is advocating for a clear, pro-consumer provision within the upcoming Consumer Credit Act. The core proposal states that five years after treatment ends, insurers would be prohibited from acquiring or using personal data related to a cancer diagnosis for insurance contracts linked to consumer credit.<\/p>\n
Experts are specifically criticizing the term “clinically justified completion of active treatment” currently found in the draft, arguing it is too vague. They propose using the established definition of “completion of oncological treatment” found in the National Oncological Network Act to avoid legal disputes.<\/p>\n
The proposal also demands that this prohibition remains in force for the entire duration of the insurance contract. This would prevent insurers from revisiting a patient’s medical history even when evaluating claims, thereby increasing consumer security and reducing the risk of prolonged legal battles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Five major institutions are calling for the implementation of the “right to be forgotten” in Poland, which would prevent insurers from penalizing cancer survivors five years after their treatment ends. The Financial Barrier to Recovery Winning the fight against cancer is often undermined by financial hurdles. Many survivors face higher insurance premiums or outright denials […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics-and-law"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2431\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}