MASTECTOMY LEGISLATION
> Important info for all women. Please forward this to everyone in
your
> address book. This is a time when our voices and choices should be
heard.
> This takes about 30 seconds 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 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 on. PLEASE! Sign the petition by clicking on the web
site
> below and help women with breast cancer get the care they need and
> deserve! There is no cost or monetary pledge involved.. You need
> not give more than your name and zip code number.
>
>
>
>
>
http://www.lifetimetv.com/reallife/bc/pledges/bc_mast_pledge.html
your
> address book. This is a time when our voices and choices should be
heard.
> This takes about 30 seconds 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 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 on. PLEASE! Sign the petition by clicking on the web
site
> below and help women with breast cancer get the care they need and
> deserve! There is no cost or monetary pledge involved.. You need
> not give more than your name and zip code number.
>
>
>
>
>
http://www.lifetimetv.com/reallife/bc/pledges/bc_mast_pledge.html
