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title: "What is the Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act (WHCRA)?"  
description: "What is the Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act (WHCRA)?"  
author: "Sara Khan"  
published: 2018-01-11  
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tags: ["united states of america(usa)", "women's health and cancer rights act (whcra)"]  
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# What is the Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act (WHCRA)?

What is the [Women](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/83545/droupadi-murmu-first-tribal-women-president-of-india)'s [Health](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/87265/air-pollution-and-our-health) and Cancer [Rights Act](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51434/in-what-year-was-the-first-civil-rights-act-passed) (WHCRA)?

## Answers

### Answer by Vishal Kesarwani

This **law came into existence since 21 October 1998 by the U.S Women’s Health and Cancer [Rights](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41778/why-did-we-create-a-bill-of-rights-and-who-supported-them) Act. Administered** by the Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services is **a federal law which provides security and protection to female patients** who choose to have **breast reconstruction** in connection with a mastectomy.

![What is the Women](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/acdefd2e-92c3-4838-8425-cac3abeb3753/images/a86cfdcf-9718-4ec2-b7c2-fabb7cac6725.png)\

**So if someone has applied to Women’s Health and Cancer Rights Act she must be provided the coverage for the following things:**

- Each and every stage of reconstruction of the breast in which the mastectomy has been done
- Reconstruction and surgery of the breast to produce symmetrical appearance
- Treatment and Prostheses of physical complication in all stages of mastectomy which also includes lymphedema.

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