>> >> I hope everybody does this. >> >> Subject: Breast Cancer hospitalization bill - important >>legislation >> for all women >> >> >> Breast Cancer hospitalization bill - important legislation for >>all >> women >> Please forward 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 are a >> loving, caring, person who 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 >> and help women living 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/health/breast_mastectomy_pledge.html >> >> >> >> This takes about 2 seconds. PLEASE PASS THIS ON. THANKS