Do You Know Your Rights to Reconstruction Following Mastectomy?
In 1998, the federal government passed the Women’s Health and Cancer Rights Act.
In essence, this Act required all health insurance carriers to provide the following benefits to women following mastectomies:
–Health insurance companies must pay for all stages of reconstruction on the post-mastectomy breast/breasts.
–Similarly, health insurance companies must pay for reconstruction of the unaffected breast...