Hey ladies: This bill seems like a really good idea to me. If you agree, you can
sign it electronically. The link is to the Lifetime TV channel website, which is
one of the supporters of the bill. Flo

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From: Robertson, Lois [mailto:Lois.Robertson@...]
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Subject: Mastectomy Bill in Congress


We ALL know women who have undergone mastectomy surgery. After reading the
information below, please visit the website to register your support for the
proposed legislation

Subject: Mastectomy Bill in Congress


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

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











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