A Mastectomy law - are you kidding?

A very special friend of mine recently emailed me this. I did not know that women have to deal with this issue. I support this bill which is unusual for me due to my smaller unintrusive government stance. "Subject: Mastectomy Bill in Congress; Insurance companies are trying to make mastectomies an outpatient procedure. There's a bill before Congress 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. It's 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, and still groggy from anesthesia, and sometimes with drainage tubes still attached. Lifetime Television has put this bill on their web page with a petition drive to show your support. In the past year, over half the U.S. House of Representatives has signed on. Let's give women the chance to recover properly in the hospital for 2 days after surgery. PLEASE!! Sign the petition by clicking on the web link below. You need not give more than your name and zip code number. http://www.lifetimetv.com/breastcancer/petition/signpetition.php This takes about 2 seconds. PLEASE PASS THIS ON to your friends and family, and on behalf of all women, THANKS." Before you go - PLEASE write your comments about this issue by clicking below. These can be the same comments you wrote in the comment box when signing the petition. This is as important as signing the petition on Lifetime's link. The U.S. Congress will look at the numbers of people who have signed the petition, but more importantly, they are interested in what you have to say. They will read comments randomly and from a variety of sources. Let's inundate them! Watch for my next post coming in a couple of days about the Insurance Industry - excuse me; the Insurance Mob!