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Kim Daniels didn't have to pay a penny for her double mastectomy or thereconstructive surgery she had after treatment for breast cancer in June 2018. Her healthinsurance, PennCare, administered through Independence Blue Crossin Pennsylvania, fully covered both procedures.

Knowing that, cost wasn't an issue for Daniels when selectingthe type of breast implants. She asked her plastic surgeon at theHospital of the University of Pennsylvania, “If I were your wife,what would you [choose]?” He went with Mentor MemoryGelimplants.

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