Cross Punch to "drive-through" Mastectomies

Desperate Housewives' Marcia Cross who has several friends who survived breast cancer said she can't imagine how someone can go home the same day after losing one or both breasts. "I tried to imagine losing a foot and then (people) saying, `OK, now go home.' ... It's just really unfathomable," she said.

Cross came to Washington with a petition signed by 20 million individuals collected by Lifetime television on their Web site.

The petition supports legislation that would let a woman and her doctor decide when it's time to go home.

washingtonpost.com reports that

The 45-year-old actress was on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, lobbying Congress to pass the Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2007 to end "drive-through" mastectomies for women forced to leave the hospital hours after surgery.

A WUSA channel 9 video covers the Cross visit to DC and the issue as well

Comments

[Jane Kohner]

I did not know women were being "processed" like this. I am weary with the "spirit" of care being sucked out of medicine in the name of saving a buck.

Fortunately, Bi-Polar disorder makes one crazy enough to be a life-threatening emergency. Even my HMO keeps compassion in the mix when dealing with people who are depressed beyond words, or so "up" they seriously believe they are Jesus Christ.

Thank you for this blog. I will be linking to you from my blog - when I get some time to deal with my blog, that is :)