Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act

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The U.S. Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act (WHCRA), signed into law on October 21, 1998, contains protections for patients who elect breast reconstruction in connection with a mastectomy. For plan participants and beneficiaries receiving benefits in connection with a mastectomy, plans offering coverage for a mastectomy must also cover reconstructive surgery and other benefits related to a mastectomy.

[edit] See also

• Breast reconstruction

[edit] Source

• Fact Sheet - Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act. U.S. Department of Labor

This article incorporates text from http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/newsroom/fswhcra.html, a public domain work of the United States Government.