Please sign to stop drive thru mastectomy

[Guest guest]

If you know anyone who has had a mastectomy 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.

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> Mastectomy Bill in Congress

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> It takes 2 seconds to do this and is very

important...please take the time and do it really quick!

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> Breast Cancer Hospitalization Bill -

Important legislation for all women--AND men (men get breast cancer,

too).

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> 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.

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> 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.

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> PLEASE sign the petition by clicking on

the web site below.

> You need not give more than your name and zip code

number.

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http://www.lifetimetv.com/health/breast_mastectomy_pledge.html

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> This takes about 2 seconds. PLEASE PASS

THIS ON to your friends and family. THANKS

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