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Medicare and Prophalactic Breast Surgery?

Robertairis.Feb 8, 2013
Trying to get Medicare to pay for gene testing. My grandmother and mother both had breast cancer, and I'm an Ashkenazi Jew. If I pay for the out of my own pocket, would Medicare cover a bilateral mastectomy and reconstruction?

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