Legislation Bans "Drive-Through Masectomies"

By PJ Hamel, Health Guide Friday, September 26, 2008

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At long last, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the bipartisan Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act on Thursday, by a near-unanimous vote of 421-2. This bill, which still must win approval in the Senate, prohibits the long-decried insurance company practice of refusing to cover an overnight ho...

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Cancer Vixen, Health Guide

9/28/08 11:55am

For staying on top of this very important bill!

G. Gallagher

9/30/08 10:36am

Good heavens. It's about time this bill was approved. It is absolutely barbaric to send a woman home right after such serious surgery....I suffered a mastectomy in 1989 and was hospitalized 5 days, all 5 days which I needed to mend....I certainly hope this passes in the Senate.

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