So, the fact that the info below was in the bill, before a compromise, supports your statement? In the last 45 years there has never been a President together with a Congress with super-majority power to do as they pleased either - until now.seamusTX wrote:Medicare has been in place for 45 years and has not been used to restrict firearms ownership. This kind of theory is out there with the black helicopters and blue helmets.
Monday, December 21, 2009
Guns could no longer be considered a threat to health under health care reform if Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s compromise passes. In all the the deal making and tinkering to win support for the bill, Reid added a provision to prevent the Secretary of Health and Human Services from collecting data on guns and ammunition in households, and using it in any relation to health care. It also bars insurers from taking into account the risks guns might pose to people’s health in setting premiums or offering rebates to people with healthy lifestyles. For instance, if someone were to find people in houses with firearms were more likely to suffer gun injuries, that could not be used to set premiums, sort of like barring the use of pre-existing conditions.
I'd like to know if that compromise actually did pass.
