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Fund Immunotherapy Ireland
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Patient-led campaign to ensure vital cancer immunotherapy treatments are funded by all Irish health insurance providers.
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Fund Immunotherapy Ireland @fundimmuno.bsky.social · Oct 22
My name is Bernard and I live in Ireland. I have stage 4 gastric cancer. Based on the best scientific and clinical evidence, my consultants recommend Immunotherapy and chemotherapy. However my healthcare insurer refuses to cover immunotherapy. Am I alone? Are you in the same situation?
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Fund Immunotherapy Ireland @fundimmuno.bsky.social · Oct 22
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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Fund Immunotherapy Ireland @fundimmuno.bsky.social · Oct 22
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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Fund Immunotherapy Ireland @fundimmuno.bsky.social · Oct 22
www.independent.ie/news/combine...
Combined immunotherapy drugs could be a ‘game-changer’ in treatment of most common form of bowel cancer
A combination of two immunotherapy drugs could be used to treat the most common form of bowel cancer, scientists have said, after trials showed tumours had shrunk or remained stable in three out of fi...
www.independent.ie
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Fund Immunotherapy Ireland @fundimmuno.bsky.social · Oct 22
www.irishtimes.com/health/2023/...
‘Extremely unfair’ - the imbalance in health insurance cover for life-changing cancer drugs
Two cancer patients and two oncologists raise concerns about how customers of private health insurers Irish Life and Laya Healthcare are losing out on access to new cancer treatments
www.irishtimes.com
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Fund Immunotherapy Ireland @fundimmuno.bsky.social · Oct 22
My name is Bernard and I live in Ireland. I have stage 4 gastric cancer. Based on the best scientific and clinical evidence, my consultants recommend Immunotherapy and chemotherapy. However my healthcare insurer refuses to cover immunotherapy. Am I alone? Are you in the same situation?
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