, ▁Dr . ▁Tod d ▁W ider , ▁learned ▁that ▁her ▁ins urance ▁plan , ▁a ▁self - fund ed ▁plan , ▁refused ▁to ▁cover ▁the ▁re construct ive ▁surg ery , ▁and ▁considered ▁it ▁cos met ic . ▁The ▁car rier ▁recommended ▁using ▁a ▁skin ▁gra ft . ▁Dr . ▁W ider ▁went ▁ahead ▁and ▁performed ▁the ▁surg ery ▁for ▁free , ▁but ▁he ▁was ▁out rag ed ▁by ▁the ▁car rier ' s ▁decision . ▁W ider ▁decided ▁to ▁begin ▁a ▁cr us ade ▁to ▁change ▁the ▁law . ▁He ▁contact ed ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁polit icians , ▁and ▁Senator ▁Al phon se ▁D ' Am ato ▁became ▁an ▁out sp oken ▁supp orter ▁of ▁legisl ation ▁to ▁change ▁this . ▁D ' Am ato ▁led ▁a ▁nation wide ▁b ipart isan ▁lo bb ying ▁effort ▁that ▁cul min ated ▁in ▁legisl ation ▁that ▁he ▁spons ored ▁with ▁Senator ▁D ian ne ▁Fe in stein , ▁and ▁ 2 1 ▁other ▁sen ators . ▁▁ ▁Spe aking ▁on ▁the ▁floor ▁of ▁the ▁Congress , ▁Senator ▁D ' Am ato ▁said ▁when ▁he ▁had ▁heard ▁that ▁the ▁ins urance ▁car rier ▁had ▁denied ▁M s ▁Fran quet ▁coverage ▁for ▁her ▁surg ery : ▁" Mr . ▁President , ▁I ▁decided ▁that ▁I ▁would ▁give ▁Mrs . ▁Fran quet ' s ▁ins urance ▁company ▁a ▁call . ▁When ▁I ▁spoke ▁with ▁the ▁Medical ▁Director , ▁he ▁told ▁me ▁that ▁' rep lacement ▁of ▁a ▁breast ▁is ▁not ▁med ically ▁necessary . ▁This ▁is