Mastectomy Hospital Bill in Congress
A mastectomy is a procedure that removes a woman's breast in order to
remove cancerous cells/tissue. If you know anyone who has had a mastectomy,
you may know that there is a lot of discomfort and pain afterwards.
Insurance companies are trying to make mastectomies an outpatient procedure.
Let's give women the chance to recover properly in the hospital for 2 days
after surgery.
Mastectomy Bill in Congress
It takes 2 seconds to do this and is very important. Please take
the time and do it really quickly! Breast Cancer Hospitalization Bill -
Important legislation for all women. Please send this to everyone in your
address book. If there was ever a time when our voices and choices should be
heard, this is one of those times. If you 're receiving this, it's because I
think you will take the 30 seconds to go to vote on this issue and send it on
to others you know who will do the same. There's a bill called the Breast
Cancer Patient Protection Act which will require insurance companies to cover
a minimum 48-hour hospital stay for patients undergoing a mastectomy. It's
about eliminating the "drive-through mastectomy" where women are forced to go
home just a few hours after surgery, against the wishes of their doctor,
still groggy from anesthesia and sometimes with drainage tubes still attached.
Lifetime Television has put this bill on their web page with a petition drive
to show your support. Last year over half the House signed.
PLEASE sign the petition by clicking on the web site below. You
need not give more than your name and zip code number. This takes about 10
seconds. PLEASE PASS THIS ON to your friends and family, and on behalf of all
women, THANKS.
http://www.lifetimetv.com/breastcancer/petition/signpetition.php
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