(1) Breast cancer patients must navigate a complex system of providers, support services, and insurance requirements, all while balancing treatments with family and work obligations. (2) An already difficult time is further complicated by changes in insurance status that may disrupt an individual's course of treatment. (3) Policymakers should consider regulations that would protect patients who experience a change in insurance status or whose physicians are dropped from insurance plans before treatment is complete. (4) Additionally, insurers and health care providers should make patients aware of their rights for coverage in the event of a change in insurance status.
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