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The Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2009 (S.688) ensures that consultation between the doctor and the patient, rather than arbitrary insurance limitations, determines how long a patient remains in the hospital after a mastectomy for successful recovery. Take action to end "drive-through" mastectomies today -- ask Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to urge the Senate to pass this important legislation. Sign the petition below and tell a friend.

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The practice of "drive-through" mastectomies is rooted in business considerations rather than medical. Mastectomy, lumpectomy, and lymph-node dissection are all serious surgeries with the aim of treating breast cancer, the most common cancer in women today. Private insurance companies under current laws can limit coverage of hospital recovery to less than a day. This forces many women who undergo these surgeries to leave the hospital before they are ready, regardless of doctor recommendation, often mere hours after surgery has taken place.

The Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2009 would require insurance companies to cover up to forty-eight hours of hospital care for recovery from these types of surgery. The act has been passed by the House of Representatives and has been referred to Senate committee. Ask Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to urge the Senate to pass this bill and end "drive-through" mastectomies. Sign the petition today!

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Dear Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid,

I am writing to urge you to quickly and decisively end the practice of "drive-through" mastectomies by urging the Senate to pass the bi-partisan Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2009(S.688). It is time to ensure that decisions about breast cancer treatment and recovery are made by medical professionals and their patients, not by the impersonal and inappropriate monetary interests of large insurance companies.

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women today; one in eight women will be diagnosed in their lifetimes. It is difficult enough for these women to bear the diagnosis and treatment of this frightening disease. Don't let insurance companies handle treatment like an assembly line, forcing patients out of the hospital before they are physically and psychologically prepared for it.

Please do the right thing to end these unethical insurance practices and stop "drive-through" mastectomies forever -- help pass the Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2009.

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Feb 9, 2010 Denise Caldwell