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Why Cancer Survivors Face Insurance Industry Punishment

I got cancer and beat it but now I can't get life insurance at any reasonable rate, and I feel like I'm being punished for surviving and that my family's financial security is permanently compromised because I had the audacity to get sick and live through it.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Medical history creates a permanent underclass status in insurance markets that feels like ongoing punishment for biological misfortune.

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“Where Are You with Insurance — theory and practice?”

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