In 2017, candidate Emmanuel Macron promised to reduce this right to be forgotten to five years after a remission, compared to ten years today.
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This promise by candidate Emmanuel Macron remained a dead letter for a long time. But the government has decided to implement the right to be forgotten after five years for former cancer patients. A measure must be taken in this direction before the end of the five-year term, learned franceinfo from the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, Tuesday, February 1. This means that in the absence of a relapse, former patients will no longer have to declare their cancer or other serious illnesses to their insurer five years after the end of their therapeutic protocol, compared to ten years today. “We believe in !” welcomed the RoseUp association, whose leaders were received at the ministry.
Our dir @Huet2Isabelle & co-founder @LisRaoux received today @Sante_Gouv. @olivierveran affirmed its attachment and that of@EmmanuelMacron to the registration of the right to be forgotten at 5 years for patients with #Cancer in a law. RV Thursday 03 in CMP for confirmation! We believe in! pic.twitter.com/LFKw5UOG09
— RoseUp Association (@RoseUpAsso) February 1, 2022
Contacted by franceinfo, Olivier Véran’s entourage confirms “the wish of the president and the government to keep this commitment”, while leaving “time to vote”. This measure must be discussed again Thursday, during a joint committee between the Senate and the National Assembly. The adoption of a law would represent real progress for thousands of patients forced to declare their history of cancer, for example when applying for a mortgage.
Borrowing money to buy real estate or start a business has long been a near impossible mission for people who have been affected by a serious illness, such as cancer. Even years after a remission, the former patients saw themselves imposing additional premiums or exclusions of guarantees when insuring their loan, under a “aggravated health risk”. In 2016, the AERAS convention had already amended the legislation on the right to be forgotten, by reducing the waiting period necessary before not declaring cancer from twenty to ten years – and five years for young people under 21. year.