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.
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!
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. |
| Aug 31, 2010 Tammy Stolz |
| Aug 29, 2010 Kelli Thompson |
| Aug 26, 2010 Jennifer Podesta |
| Aug 26, 2010 Debbi Owens |
| Aug 26, 2010 Amber Zeidner |
| Aug 26, 2010 Dagmar Goebelbecker |
| Aug 26, 2010 Olga Larina |
| Aug 26, 2010 Debbie Farrar |
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| Aug 26, 2010 Irma Cruz I had a mastectomy 2 years ago and I was discharged from the hospital too soon and it was very hard to deal with my recovery at home. |
| Aug 25, 2010 Jonathan Price |
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| Aug 25, 2010 leanne mueller |
| Aug 25, 2010 Susan Mueller Try to imagine losing a part of your body that defines who you are.Now try to imagine being rushed out of the hospital within hours of having surgery.Stop "drive-through mastectomies by passing this act. |
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| Aug 24, 2010 Lois Reso |
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| Aug 24, 2010 Nanette Oggiono |
| Aug 23, 2010 Terry Dorkins |
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| Aug 23, 2010 LAURA AKEL |
| Aug 23, 2010 Patricia Lowe |
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| Aug 23, 2010 Sandra Jeski |
| Aug 22, 2010 Karen Woody |
| Aug 22, 2010 Terra Agueda |
| Aug 22, 2010 Olivier Rousselle |
| Aug 22, 2010 Jessica Vasilenko |
| Aug 21, 2010 Misha Turner |
| Aug 21, 2010 vickie guerrero |
| Aug 20, 2010 Jill Carmack |
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| Aug 20, 2010 geraldine rodriguez |
| Aug 20, 2010 ERin Massey |
| Aug 19, 2010 Patrice Marsille |
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| Aug 19, 2010 Rae Castina |
| Aug 19, 2010 Nicole Miller |
| Aug 18, 2010 Lena Rehberger |
| Aug 17, 2010 Ileana Lopez |
| Aug 17, 2010 Donna Brand |
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| Aug 16, 2010 Harry Dill |
| Aug 16, 2010 Karen Zechowy |
| Aug 15, 2010 Margaret Harris Its not right to put someone through that. I had back surgery and they want you out as soon as possible. It is to soon to go home. ITs not a factory you know. Think about it. It is to soon to send someone in that condition home. |
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| Aug 14, 2010 Patrick Dennis |
| Aug 13, 2010 Michelle Davis |
| Aug 13, 2010 Michelle Hughes We are human, treat us like it! |
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