Catherine Simonin-Bénazet re-elected to the National League against Cancer. – Tarn and Garonne

Catherine Simonin-Bénazet was largely re-elected to the National League against Cancer, we met her.
How do these elections take place? What was the issue?“It is a national election which brings together all the votes of members which are brought by the 103 departmental committees of the League against cancer in France, notably overseas. In my college, 15 candidates were in the running for 10 places on the national board of directors. I obtained second place in number of votes, which validates all my actions, moreover I thank the administrators of the Tarn and Garonne cancer that I chaired for 7 years, for their full support by unanimously validating my candidacy. ”
What are your main actions within this association?“The League acts on four missions: – Research – support for people with cancer and their loved ones – prevention – mobilization of society in the face of cancer and its social and societal consequences because of my patient experience, I oriented myself towards this last mission which consists in observing society, with national studies and being a force for proposals to improve our health system!”
Concretely, what does this consist of?“This is called” health democracy “by working with all actors, together, collective intelligence manages to take over and consensual measures emerge in favor of the” common good “.”
What are your action in which areas?“Intense work took place at the National Health Conference, the” Parliament of Health “which issues opinions for the Ministry of Health. Access to borrower insurance for people with cancer also remains a concern that drives me. Our advances: – The right to be forgotten at five years after the end of the treatments. – The Lemoine law allows to borrow up to 200,000 euros without a health questionnaire drugs as well as access to therapeutic innovations for all those who need it. ”
What is advocacy?“To convince, argue and influence a political decision remains my main commitment. This is what we have done to the National Council for Health Insurance in work with all the intermediary bodies of employers and employees to obtain consensus for the benefit of all. We have written more than a hundred pages of contributions under France Assos Health A union of a hundred associations approved in health within which I sit. MEPs and senators for the Social Security financing bill 2026. “

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