Sign the Petition
A mastectomy is surgical procedure in which woman's breast tissue is removed in order to remove cancerous breast 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.
Here's the petition:
http://www.lifetimetv.com/breastcancer/petition/signpetition.php
Breast Cancer Hospitalization Bill - Important legislation for all women.
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. Signing the petition shows that you support Congress taking action to force insurance companies to cover the costs of allowing a woman adequate time to recover, in a hospital, from this very difficult procedure.
PLEASE!! Sign the petition by clicking on the web site below. You need not give more than your name and zip code number, even though other information is requested.
This takes about 2 seconds. PLEASE COPY THIS MESSAGE AND PASS IT ON to your friends and family, and on behalf of all women, THANKS.
http://www.lifetimetv.com/breastcancer/petition/signpetition.php
posted by Susan Anne MacKenna @ 7:33 PM
2 Comments:
Done. It's amazing how widespread and shocking the sacrifices made to enhance the all-important bottom line.
Breast Cancer hospitalization bill
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