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		rjtavares on May 14, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My Medical Choice In Portugal I believe the state pays for preventive mastectomy in these cases. Of course, a lot of people chose not do it anyway (which I understand). The UK NHS also pays for it (http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Mastectomy/Pages/Why-is-it-nece...)

TazeTSchnitzel on May 14, 2013 [–]

Nitpick: That's England's NHS, there is no UK-wide one. Although I think Wales, NI and Scotland's do similar things.

rjtavares on May 14, 2013 | [–]

I had no idea. Thanks for the correction.

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