Women welcome MOH move to screen for family cancer history, have insurance cover preventive surgery

SINGAPORE – Business executive Ann, 51, was diagnosed with Stage 1 breast cancer in her right breast. But when she opted for a double mastectomy in 2021 at age 47 and had both breasts removed at the same time, her insurers refused to cover the preventive surgery to remove and reconstruct her non-cancerous left breast. … Read more