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Stop "Drive-Thru Mastectomy"

Please take the time to read this and sign the petition. It will mean a lot to many women. Thanks.

Subject: FW: Mastectomy Legislation

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. It 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

PLEASE PASS THIS ON.

[Thanks, Almaniac Mary Ann Sabo who so often sends excellent things to the Blogmanac.]