Coughing up tens of thousands of euros or taking out an extra loan: cancer medicines for children are not always reimbursed

by time news

KickCancer asks for a structural solution to the problem and had it calculated how much extra it would cost our country to pay back the unrecognized medicines.

“We arrive at 1.12 million euros per year, a piece of cake when you consider that the costs of social security in Belgium amount to millions of euros,” says Delphine Heenen. “It would save parents a lot of stress and financial problems. For doctors, nurses, administrative staff and social workers, it would save 7,000 work hours annually.”

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