On the recordJanuary 30, 1997
as cochair of the Senate Cancer Coalition, I am pleased today to join with Senator D'Amato in introducing S. 249, the Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act of 1997. The Bill This bill does four things: For treatment of breast cancer, it requires insurance plans to allow physicians to determine the length of a patient's hospital stay according to medical necessity; and it requires health insurance plans to cover breast reconstruction following a mastectomy. For treatment of all cancers, it requires health insurance plans to cover second opinions by specialists whether the initial diagnosis is positive or negative; and it prohibits insurance plans from financially penalizing or rewarding a physician for providing medically necessary care or for referring a patient for a second opinion.
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