Bill would require insurance coverage of hair loss mitigation for chemo patients in WV

By: Lori Kersey

Outlets: West Virginia Watch

Published: March 9, 2026

Words: 926

Last Updated: 1 day, 4 hours ago

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As Jessica Huffman underwent a double mastectomy and chemotherapy for invasive breast cancer two years ago, she felt mostly normal for most of the treatment.

The exception was the loss of her long hair.

Huffman, then a 36-year-old mother of six in Wood County, is a nurse and the vice president of system nursing strategies for WVU Medicine. Not even caring for patients prepared her for how losing her hair to chemotherapy drugs …

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