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An important proposed mastectomy law change

by Optimist
Posted: Sun., May 4, 2008, 10:03 pm
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Topics: Breast Cancer, breast cancer, breast cancer patient protection act, hospital stay, Lifetime Television, mastectomy, Physical well-being, surgery
     

I just heard about 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.

This bill is 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.
     
     
     
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