[NP-Clinical] Mastectomy Hospital Bill in Congress

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>>Mastectomy Hospital Bill in Congress
>
>
>A mastectomy is when a woman's breast 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.
>
>Mastectomy Bill in Congress
>
>It takes 2 seconds to do this and is very important... please take the
>time and do it really quick!
>
>Breast Cancer Hospitalization Bill - Important legislation for all
women.
>
>Please send this to everyone in your address book. If there was ever a
>time when our voices and choices should be heard, this is one of those 
>times.
>If you're receiving this, it's because I think you will take the 30
seconds
>to go 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 just a few

>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. You need
not
>give more than your name and zip code number.
>
>http://www.lifetimetv.com/health/breast_mastectomy_pledge.html
>
>This takes about 2 seconds. PLEASE PASS THIS ON to your friends and
>family, and on behalf of all women, THANKS.
>
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