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# cost of cancer

Last year

2022

Debt collectors calling on cancer patients is 'immoral and must stop', say TDs

There is cross-party support for a motion that calls for the scrapping of €80 inpatient charges and parking charges.

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Feb 2nd 2022, 11:32 AM

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'We even lost our house': Cancer patients facing crippling costs of as much as €1,000 a month

A new report from the Irish Cancer Society suggests cancer patients are also facing huge losses in earnings.

57.8k

Nov 26th 2019, 7:28 AM