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01-09-2003, 11:31 PM
http://www.lifetimetv.com/reallife/bc/pledges/bc_mast_pledge.html
Sign the Pledge and make a difference.
You would think a diagnosis of breast cancer would be bad enough, but despite wide-ranging medical opinions that women who have undergone mastectomies need at least two to four days to recover from the surgery, insurance companies continue to refuse to cover hospital stays. The result? Women are forced to leave the hospital before they are ready.
You may have thought that this health crisis was behind us. After all, back in 1996, 17,000 of you signed Lifetime’s online petition against "drive-through mastectomies," an issue that has received nationwide attention. Lifetime brought your signatures to Congress and the White House. But the Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act, which would guarantee a minimum hospital stay of 48 hours for women undergoing mastectomy, was never brought to a vote.
This year, U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, a strong advocate for women's health, has reintroduced this legislation to ensure that breast cancer patients get the care they deserve. Rep. DeLauro won’t give up on this — and neither will we.
If you agree that mastectomies require more than one night's hospital stay, here’s your chance to make your voice heard. Once again, Lifetime will deliver these signatures to Rep. DeLauro's office on Capitol Hill and to the White House. With the strength of these petition numbers behind us, we will get this legislation passed.
Sign the Pledge
Sign the Pledge and make a difference.
You would think a diagnosis of breast cancer would be bad enough, but despite wide-ranging medical opinions that women who have undergone mastectomies need at least two to four days to recover from the surgery, insurance companies continue to refuse to cover hospital stays. The result? Women are forced to leave the hospital before they are ready.
You may have thought that this health crisis was behind us. After all, back in 1996, 17,000 of you signed Lifetime’s online petition against "drive-through mastectomies," an issue that has received nationwide attention. Lifetime brought your signatures to Congress and the White House. But the Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act, which would guarantee a minimum hospital stay of 48 hours for women undergoing mastectomy, was never brought to a vote.
This year, U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, a strong advocate for women's health, has reintroduced this legislation to ensure that breast cancer patients get the care they deserve. Rep. DeLauro won’t give up on this — and neither will we.
If you agree that mastectomies require more than one night's hospital stay, here’s your chance to make your voice heard. Once again, Lifetime will deliver these signatures to Rep. DeLauro's office on Capitol Hill and to the White House. With the strength of these petition numbers behind us, we will get this legislation passed.
Sign the Pledge