A PETITION: Important for all -- please read ....

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>The link below will take you directly to the petition......

>If there was ever a time when our voices and choices should be heard,

>this is one of those times...if you are receiving this. It's because I

>think you are a loving, caring, person who will take the 30 seconds to

go and

>vote on this issue...and send it on to others you know who will do the

>same.

>

>There's 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. 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 sometimes 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!!

>Lifetime <http://www.lifetimetv.com/health/breast_mastectomy_pledge.html>

>Online: Breast Cancer

>PS: PLEASE PASS THIS ON