Breast cancer is a terrible struggle for women.
It s important that if surgery is necessary, doctors don t feel pressured by insurance companies to rush women out of the hospital. The Women s Cancer Recovery Act of 2001 was introduced today in the U.S. House of Representatives by Representatives Sue Myrick and Frank LoBiondo of New Jersey. This bill requires medically appropriate minimum hospital stays after mastectomies, lumpectomies, or lymph node dissection. It protects doctors from any penalties or reductions in reimbursements from insurance plans when they follow their judgment and determine a patient needs a longer hospital stay. In addition, this bill will require full coverage from health care providers for secondary consultations when breast or colon tests come back negative or positive.