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Rep. Ayanna Pressley Wants Medicare To Cover Wigs: ‘It’ll have a profound impact’

Emily Cottontop by Emily Cottontop
October 19, 2022
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Rep. Ayanna Pressley Wants Medicare To Cover Wigs: ‘It’ll have a profound impact’

Medicare does not currently cover the cost of wigs so if you suffer from an autoimmune disease that causes hair loss, you have to foot the bill of a wig if you choose to wear one.

Massachusetts Representative Ayanna Pressley would like to change that. According to the NY Post she shared:

“[To] be bald as a woman really does disrupt conventional and societal norms of what is appropriate, what is professional, what is attractive, what is feminine,” Pressley — who has hair-loss causing autoimmune disease alopecia — told Vanity Fair in an interview Thursday.

The same day, she unveiled a bill requiring Medicare to pay for wigs for those experiencing hair loss due to disease or medical treatments.

“It’s so much more than cosmetic,” the Massachusetts congresswoman and “Squad” member said of being bald and female. “It takes a real toll.”

The new bill is brought by Pressley and her Massachusetts House delegation colleague Rep. James McGovern, who first introduced the bill in 2018.

“Doctors have told me that patients have refused lifesaving cancer treatments because they were afraid they were going to lose their hair and didn’t know how to deal with it,” the congressman told Vanity Fair.

His own 20-year-old daughter has been impacted by the dilemma, as she has a rare cancer diagnosis. “The thing she’s most worried about is having to go through chemotherapy,” he said. “Losing your hair at 20 — that’s really kind of a traumatic thing.”

If passed, the pair’s bill would recategorize cranial prosthetics, the formal term for medical wigs, as durable medical equipment, making them eligible for coverage under the Social Security Act.

“It’s a simple legislative fix, and I think it’ll have a profound impact,” said Pressley, adding to Essence that the bill strives for solidarity, too.

“Every person living with alopecia, battling cancer, or facing another medical condition that leads to hair loss, should be able to access wigs and other head coverings,” she said. “Our bill is responsive and sends a powerful message to these communities: we see you, you belong, and you deserve to be treated with dignity and respect.”

What’s you thoughts? Should Medicare cover wigs?

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