Rachel Morrogh: HSE must stop using debt collectors to pursue cancer patients

Without a medical card or private health insurance, you must pay €80 for each chemotherapy or radiotherapy session, up to a maximum of €800 a year

If you’re a cancer patient, hidden among the Christmas cards in your letterbox this year, you may find a debt collectors’ letter.

The letter will arrive because you either forgot, or simply could not afford, to pay €80 for a chemotherapy or radiotherapy session.