Non-smokers get cancer too, insurer can’t stub claim

A consumer court here has ordered an insurance company to reimburse the expenditure on medical treatment for lung cancer after the company refused mediclaim on the grounds that the patient was a chain smoker and contracted cancer due to his smoking. The consumer court said there was no proof that the cancer had been caused by the patient’s smoking habit.

from Times of India https://ift.tt/3uwtYj2