This petition asks for your email address but you can leave that blank and your vote still counts. Pass it on in the U.S. Janice
---------- Forwarded Message ----------- > 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 y, 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/breastcancer/petition/signpetition.php > > This takes about 2 seconds. PLEASE PASS THIS ON to > your friends and family, and on behalf of all women, THANKS. ------- End of Forwarded Message ------- To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]