[French] Robert has breast cancer, his mutuality (healthcare plan) refused to pay his threatment because he is a male. Took 3 years to win his trial.

tenchineuro · 2019-04-29T21:08:25+00:00

The language may be French, but this case is in Belgium.

From google translate...

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A court decision has been made regarding cancer treatments. Breast cancer is the most common among women. In men, it is very rare, but it exists. Leopold, a man, had filed a lawsuit because his mutual refused to take care of his care. The labor court ruled: man or woman, facing breast cancer, the treatment must be repaid.

Leopold, a man suffering from breast cancer since 2016, won a first fight: the one against his mutual and Inami who refused to pay him back his care, on the grounds that Leopold is a man. Indeed, the labor court of Liege decided in favor of Leopold and the mutual as well as the Inami have to compensate it. " I led my fight for the five million males living in Belgium, " he told the microphone of RTLINFO.

The reason? He is a man !

Having had breast cancer since 2016, the patient had received no reimbursement for his treatment, reports our journalist Mathieu Langer. "The homonotherapy was refused by the mutual, the mutual made the request to the solidarity social fund, that is to say, the Inami, and the Inami also refused because it was not in their tabloids, as I say, " he describes. In fact, according to the INAMI criteria, prescription drugs are only reimbursable in the case of breast cancer in a woman (pre or peri-menopausal).

Leopold therefore filed a lawsuit against his mutual and the INAMI and he won his case. The court forced the mutual to intervene in the reimbursement of medicines and gave the sum of one symbolic euro to the Institute for Equality of Women and Men (which supports the patient). "It's between 10,000 and 11,000 euros," he notes .

92 cases were reported in Belgium, but Leopold is the only one to have taken steps.

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So something is rotten in Belgium (it's close enough to Denmark for me).

SchalaZeal01 · 2019-04-30T04:06:23+00:00

Bet you if your son was named Thor and accidentally destroyed property (not his fault), they'd call it 'an act of god' and say they won't pay.

14b755fe39 · 2019-04-30T08:28:15+00:00

nice job, we need more men to take their injustices to court, not just complain about it on reddit/facebook.

I mean If I wanted to do an academic study on male victims of DV I would need documented cases. Only then can we change legislation based on evidence and expert opinion etc..

Title	[French] Robert has breast cancer, his mutuality (healthcare plan) refused to pay his threatment because he is a male. Took 3 years to win his trial.
Author	fratboy0101
Upvotes	136
Comments	3
Date	April 29, 2019 7:51 PM UTC (7 years ago)
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