A recently diagnosed breast cancer patient and her surgeon are speaking out after her insurance company denied coverage for a reconstruction procedure less than 24 hours before it was scheduled. Three months ago, Beth Clark, 48, was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma — the most common type of breast cancer. "I don't think I really had time to digest it. It was like, okay, we're going to just figure out what we do next — how do we get rid of this?" Clark said.