Support the Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act

There's a bill before the House and Senate called the Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (Senate bill S.1684 and House bill H.R.1886.IH) 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 some times 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 and help women living with breast cancer get the care they need and deserve! You only need to give your name and zip code—no address, no phone numbers, no money. You just need to scroll down the page to sign.

If you wish to take an additional action, please contact your U.S. Senators and tell them you want them to support this bill. This is particularly important if you live in a state whose Senator is on the Senate's Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (see the list of members) where the bill is now under review. Likewise, please contact your House Reps to move the bill out of the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations (see the list of members) and to the House floor for a vote.