Question of reimbursing breast prostheses brought up at EP (European Parliament)
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The question of whether European national health insurance schemes should reimburse the cost of breast prostheses for reconstructive surgery following breast cancer surgery has been raised at the European Parliament. The issue came up on June 5 during the debate preceding the adoption by the European Parliament has adopted of own-initiative report by German MEP Karin Jons. This report calls for the Commission and EU member states to make the battle against breast cancer a priority (see Clinica No 1056, p 3).