> In countries where the social safety net fully pays for such health issues (this includes Germany), the cost of cancer patients is itself a tremendous strain

> In countries where the social safety net fully pays for such health issues (this includes Germany), the cost of cancer patients is itself a tremendous strain on the system. This is a great point, and there are also knock-on effects to consider. Say, the parent, child or sibling that removes themselves from the workforce to give daily care and ferry a patient to and from treatments.