Looking for Cancer Care

Cancer care and prevention are improving and the cancer statistics show that the survival rates in the NHS and the private medical insurance sector have improved a great deal even since the 1990's. Vast amounts of research on prevention and early detection have helped arrest cancer. Additionally there have been huge developments in drugs and treatments.

Of course the improvement of cancer services comes at a cost. Research and treatments are expensive. This affects not just the NHS but the private health insurance sector too. Some companies are concerned that treatment expectations are becoming so high that customers will not be willing to pay for the higher costs of premiums that will inevitably come. There is speculation that health insurance for cancer will become a thing of the past.

Most cancer cover only provides cover whilst there is a chance that you will survive the disease but will not cover palliative care.

Health insurance policies vary a lot, from the giant PruHealth which offers the most comprehensive cancer care policy through to providers such as Freedom Healthnet Ltd which offer cheap health insurance for cancer where you get to decide where and how you spend your insurance money.

Over the next few weeks we will be looking at different providers of cancer health insurance to see what they are offering in their policies. We will also be looking at the costs of different treatments if you choose to go privately and pay for your care up front. Finally we will be looking overall at the future for cancer care in this country and whether our high expectations can be met both by the NHS and the health insurance sector.