Mastectomy Bill in Congress

[Robin1]

This is a valid concern and checks out as 'truth'

> >

> >Mastectomy Bill in Congress.

> >

> >It takes 2 seconds to do this and is very important...

> >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 are receiving this it's because I think you will take the 30

> >seconds

> >to go and 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. You need not

> >give more than your name and zip code number.

> >_http://www.lifetimetv.com/health/breast_mastectomy_pledge.html_

> >(http://www.lifetimetv.com/health/breast_mastectomy_pledge.html)

> >

> >This takes about 2 seconds. PLEASE PASS THIS ON to your friends and

> >family.

> >THANKS

> >

> >

> >

 

[Jacquee']

I looked this up and it does check out as legit. However, the sources I read claim the petition will not, in all likelihood, help much. What WOULD really help, and I myself am going to do this, is to write, phone, fax or e-mail your representatives and tell them you support this bill. Don't quote me here but I think it is bill # 1849. OK, I just checked, and it is H.R. 1849. Anyway, don't worry about signing the petition, contact your representative!!!

 

[bfogg]

Hmmm I have a thought maybe a bad thought I confess but I wonder...... what part of a mans anatomy would they cut off and then send him home the same day???????

Most of these decisions are made by insurance companies whos decision makers are usually male.

I am not picking on men here but sometimes people need to have it put to them in a more personal way?

Well who ever it is needs a reality check!