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The AMA Expresses Concern with Health Care Debate
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Contact your Senators and Representative today!
Millions of on-highway and off-highway motorcyclists -- as well as all-terrain vehicle (ATV) riders -- may be adversely impacted by the various heath care bills currently under consideration in Congress. The AMA opposes any legislation that may restrict the freedoms of millions of riders enjoying an active lifestyle.
Motorcyclists and ATV riders cherish personal freedom and responsibility when it comes to enjoying their passion for riding. As Congress continues to deliberate on health care reform, the AMA needs your help in urging your elected officials not to abdicate the rights of the insured to an unelected commission or board, which will render final decisions regarding appropriate medical coverage for individuals who ride as a mode of transportation or for recreation (e.g., denial of a procedure). We must remain vigilant, thereby helping to ensure that motorcyclists and ATV riders will continue to be able to pursue their chosen recreational pursuit without the addition of unneeded prohibitions, limitations or mandates stemming from the health care legislation under consideration.
There is precedent for us to be concerned with regarding any health care legislation coming from Washington. For example in 1996, Congress passed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) that was intended to ensure non-discrimination in health coverage in the group market. However, when it came to implementing the law, the Department of Labor, the Internal Revenue Service and the Health Care Financing Administration - now the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - issued a rule allowing insurers to deny health benefits for an otherwise covered injury that results from certain types of recreational activities, such as skiing, horseback riding, snowmobiling or motorcycling. Even though the AMA has fought this discriminatory rule with legislation, this indicates what could happen if a new health care bill is implemented by bureaucrats in Washington using biased data.
To voice your concern regarding the various health care bills, it is imperative that you contact your elected officials. The fastest way to reach your members of Congress is to call them. You can find contact information for your elected officials on AmericanMotorcyclist.com, click on "Rights," then "Issues & Legislation," and enter your zip code in the "Find your Officials" box. Additionally, a prewritten e-mail is available for you to send to your officials by following the "Take Action" option and entering your information.
All AMA members and anyone else who enjoys an active lifestyle is urged to contact their elected officials and to tell them to protect the freedoms that riders cherish from being dictated by Washington bureaucrats.
Take Action!
Contact your Senators and Representative today!
Millions of on-highway and off-highway motorcyclists -- as well as all-terrain vehicle (ATV) riders -- may be adversely impacted by the various heath care bills currently under consideration in Congress. The AMA opposes any legislation that may restrict the freedoms of millions of riders enjoying an active lifestyle.
Motorcyclists and ATV riders cherish personal freedom and responsibility when it comes to enjoying their passion for riding. As Congress continues to deliberate on health care reform, the AMA needs your help in urging your elected officials not to abdicate the rights of the insured to an unelected commission or board, which will render final decisions regarding appropriate medical coverage for individuals who ride as a mode of transportation or for recreation (e.g., denial of a procedure). We must remain vigilant, thereby helping to ensure that motorcyclists and ATV riders will continue to be able to pursue their chosen recreational pursuit without the addition of unneeded prohibitions, limitations or mandates stemming from the health care legislation under consideration.
There is precedent for us to be concerned with regarding any health care legislation coming from Washington. For example in 1996, Congress passed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) that was intended to ensure non-discrimination in health coverage in the group market. However, when it came to implementing the law, the Department of Labor, the Internal Revenue Service and the Health Care Financing Administration - now the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - issued a rule allowing insurers to deny health benefits for an otherwise covered injury that results from certain types of recreational activities, such as skiing, horseback riding, snowmobiling or motorcycling. Even though the AMA has fought this discriminatory rule with legislation, this indicates what could happen if a new health care bill is implemented by bureaucrats in Washington using biased data.
To voice your concern regarding the various health care bills, it is imperative that you contact your elected officials. The fastest way to reach your members of Congress is to call them. You can find contact information for your elected officials on AmericanMotorcyclist.com, click on "Rights," then "Issues & Legislation," and enter your zip code in the "Find your Officials" box. Additionally, a prewritten e-mail is available for you to send to your officials by following the "Take Action" option and entering your information.
All AMA members and anyone else who enjoys an active lifestyle is urged to contact their elected officials and to tell them to protect the freedoms that riders cherish from being dictated by Washington bureaucrats.
when did that happen. in the last few months.
healthcare bullshit is going to be the fastest way to see "extreme" sports disappear.
oh wait thats' right that terrilbe "lead" in kids minibikes was a great save the children idea, where did that get the OEM's this year?
any fool that thinks this healthcare bill is going to be the answer might as well sell their motorcycles / atv's now...........
wait!!!!!! then the government can come out with "cash for clunkers"
what a joke.
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They just said "the government is doing something. They did bad things before, so this could be bad also." Probably because they don't have people qualified to truly analyze this bill and its impacts.
Like 99% of the American public, they have no idea what's really in the bill.
Still, I am glad to see they are on it.
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A guy in my office started telling me yesterday that Blair, and Obama are the stepping stones to the Beast returning to the earth. His plans are to ruin the economy to gain the trust and people to think of him as a savior...how in the F does that make sense. Then he'll start killing the Catholics and Baptists, etc just like Hitler did the Jews. He is taking steps just like Hitler did...Blah Blah Blah.
The best contradiction. Obama wants to bankrupt the coountry and spend all it's money, but the healthcare plan is in place to kill off the old and sick..."it's on page 429 of the bill I read it"...this is to save money. So they want to spend all the money yet save money on healthcare by killing off the old and sick. HAHAHAHAHAHA
Jesus Christ just settle the F down people.
That 3 trillion is the cost of the war if stay until 2017.
How can you take the cost of healthcare as 1 trillion when the stupid federal government couldn't even get the cash for clunkers budget correct? Let alone talking about something as complicated as healthcare for an ever aging and growing population.
Add last but not least, 2 wrongs do not make a right.
Is there a track record of any kind that suggests it's feasible?
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