Is Breast Reconstruction Surgery Covered By Insurance?
Federal law has mandated that insurance companies cover patients undergoing reconstruction breast cancer surgery or risk reducing breast surgery. Learn more from Dr. Mark Sisco on behalf of NorthShore University about breast reconstruction surgery.
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MARK SISCO: Federal law has mandated that insurance companies cover reconstructive surgery for patients undergoing breast cancer
surgery or risk-reducing breast surgery. This coverage must not only include reconstruction
for partial or total removal of the breast, as in a mastectomy, but also covers procedures on the opposite breast,
should they be necessary to achieve symmetry after reconstruction. If you are having surgery for breast cancer
or a precancerous condition, it's important to ask to speak to a plastic surgeon
breast cancer
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