@surftohealth88 The other interesting thing outside the U.S. is that we don't need a HIPAA to keep our employers from knowing that we have prostate cancer (should we choose not to share), because they have nothing to do with our primary healthcare anyway. My cancer treatment is strictly between me and my healthcare providers.

(Strictly speaking, many workers here in Ontario do have supplemental health insurance, and that might help pay for their cancer meds, but it's purely a billing relationship with the employer; claims don't change the cost, and employers know nothing about what or how many claims their employees are making.)