Uproar over German plan to penalize untested cancer patient


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061016/hl_afp/germanyhealthpolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061016/capt.sge.cmo91.161006172552.photo00.photo.default-512x347.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=fD.o425JkHqvOITwzh1czQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A specialist points to the results of a cancer screening at a hospital in Marseille, France, 2005. Plans to make German cancer patients who have failed to undergo regular testing pay more towards their treatment triggered a storm of protest.(AFP/File/Anne-Christine Poujoulat)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Plans to make German cancer patients who have failed to undergo regular testing pay more towards their treatment triggered a storm of protest.</p><br clear="all"/>