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your vote still counts.  Pass it on in the U.S.
 
Janice 

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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 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.

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