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Medicare and Prophalactic Breast Surgery?

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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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