Health insurers still asking women to submit nude photos for breast reconstruction
NL TimesDutch health insurers are still asking breast cancer patients to submit photos of their breasts before they approve reconstruction surgeries, even though the Health Minister banned the practice. After a media commotion about this in 2021, then-Health Minister Ernst Kupers banned insurers from asking women to submit nude photos. You don’t do it for fun.” Health insurer VGZ told NOS that it only asks policyholders for photos in the event of a complaint, and these should preferably be medical photos taken in the hospital. The trade association Healthcare Insurers Netherlands told the broadcaster in writing: “We find it very annoying for women to find themselves in this situation, but health insurers cannot simply reimburse everything that healthcare providers request.” The Ministry of Health, Welfare, and Sports wouldn’t comment beyond calling the women’s stories moving.
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