Some of you may remember that I've taken on breast cancer as a "cause" this year. Below is
an important message I just received. It urges everyone to sign a petition
regarding the Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act which will require insurance
companies to cover a minimum 48-hour hospital stay for patients undergoing a
mastectomy. Please take a minute to go to the web site and consider voting for
this legislation.
Thanks!
cocookie
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 living with breast cancer get the care they need and deserve!!
www.lifetimetv.com/health/breast_mastectomy_pledge.htmlLifetime Online: Breast Cancer
P.S. PLEASE PASS THIS ON
~ Joy ~
"Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but
by the moments that take our breath away"
edit: After discussion by the TAA Staff and Editorial Board, this post has been deemed better fit for Topical Climates. Any questions can be directed to Editorial Board Members (North Carolina, CountriGal, Andrea843). 
