SocraticGadfly: Good enough for births, good enough for mastectomies?

March 29, 2007

Good enough for births, good enough for mastectomies?

Congress is again being asked to consider the Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act, which would require insurance companies to cover a 48-hour hospital stay for mastectomy patients.

It’s been brought before Congress every year from 1997 on, but with Democrats controlling both House and Senate this year, may have a chance. And, the American Medical Association is officially in favor of the bill.

If you’d like to sign a support petition to your Member of Congress, go here.

(My sister brought this to my attention, and no, it is not an urban legend.)

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