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Medical insurance may be required to pay for breast reconstruction

April 15, 1997
By: Susan Batt
State Capital Bureau

Medical insurance companies would be required to pay for breast reconstruction under a measure given preliminary approval by the Missouri House Tuesday.

Susan Batt has the story from Jefferson City.

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The proposed measure extends the care women receive from insurance companies following a mastectomy.

The bill sponsor is St. Louis County Representative Sue Shear. She says that the agony many women face after breast removal slows the healing process.

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Contents: She says that a woman's breast is as much a part of her body as is an arm or a leg. No one would question replacing any other part of the body.

The bill faces one more vote in the House before moving to the Senate.

In Jefferson City, I'm Susan Batt.