[extropy-chat] Mastectomy Hospital Bill in Congress

[Natasha Vita-More]

 From a friend:

>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.
>
>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 support. Last year over half the House signed on.  Please, 
>sign the petition by clicking on the web site below.
>
><http://www.lifetimetv.com/health/breast_mastectomy_pledge.html>http://www.lifetimetv.com/health/breast_mastectomy_pledge.html
>
>This takes about 10 seconds. Please pass this on to your friends and 
>family, and on behalf of all women.  Thanks.
>
>
>"Well, what if there is no tomorrow? There wasn't one today."
>Bill Murray as Phil Connors
>
>

<http://www.natasha.cc/>Natasha <http://www.natasha.cc/>Vita-More
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