Obamacare gift to gun owners

[BSA1]

"Good news -- it has become known that hidden deep within the massive 2800-page bill called Obamacare there is a Senate Amendment protecting the right to keep and bear arms.

It seems that in their haste to cram socialized medicine down the throats of the American people, then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Barack Obama overlooked Senate amendment 3276, Sec. 2716, part c.

According to reports, that amendment says the government cannot use doctors to collect "any information relating to the lawful ownership or possession of a firearm or ammunition."

CNN is calling it "a gift to the nation's powerful gun lobby."

And according to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), that's exactly right. He says he added the provision in order to keep the NRA from getting involved in the legislative fight over Obamacare, which was so ubiquitous in 2010."

If this report is true does that mean that Congress will have to vote to repeal this portion of the law before passing more restrictive ones?

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Govern...e-Obamacare-Forbids-Gun-and-Ammo-Registration

 

[calaverasslim]

I doubt it. All it says is that the Feds can't force doctors to gather this info.

 

[hso]

calaverasslim is pretty much correct. It also says that you can't have your insurance raised or denied and data can't be collected as part of the Affordable Healthcare Act. Basically, they can't require anyone to ask about your firearms and they can't collect data on your firearms as part of the program.

‘‘(c) PROTECTION OF SECOND AMENDMENT GUN
24 RIGHTS.—
25 ‘‘(1) WELLNESS AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS.—
26 A wellness and health promotion activity imple-2038
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1 mented under subsection (a)(1)(D) may not require
2 the disclosure or collection of any information relat-
3 ing to—
4 ‘‘(A) the presence or storage of a lawfully-
5 possessed firearm or ammunition in the resi-
6 dence or on the property of an individual; or
7 ‘‘(B) the lawful use, possession, or storage of
8 a firearm or ammunition by an individual.
9 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON DATA COLLECTION.—None
10 of the authorities provided to the Secretary under the
11 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or an
12 amendment made by that Act shall be construed to
13 authorize or may be used for the collection of any in-
14 formation relating to—
15 ‘‘(A) the lawful ownership or possession of
16 a firearm or ammunition;
17 ‘‘(B) the lawful use of a firearm or ammu-
18 nition; or
19 ‘‘(C) the lawful storage of a firearm or am-
20 munition.
21 ‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON DATABASES OR DATA
22 BANKS.—None of the authorities provided to the Sec-
23 retary under the Patient Protection and Affordable
24 Care Act or an amendment made by that Act shall
25 be construed to authorize or may be used to maintain 2039
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1 records of individual ownership or possession of a
2 firearm or ammunition.
3 ‘‘(4) LIMITATION ON DETERMINATION OF PRE-
4 MIUM RATES OR ELIGIBILITY FOR HEALTH INSUR-
5 ANCE.—A premium rate may not be increased, health
6 insurance coverage may not be denied, and a dis-
7 count, rebate, or reward offered for participation in
8 a wellness program may not be reduced or withheld
9 under any health benefit plan issued pursuant to or
10 in accordance with the Patient Protection and Afford-
11 able Care Act or an amendment made by that Act on
12 the basis of, or on reliance upon—
13 ‘‘(A) the lawful ownership or possession of
14 a firearm or ammunition; or
15 ‘‘(B) the lawful use or storage of a firearm
16 or ammunition.
17 ‘‘(5) LIMITATION ON DATA COLLECTION RE-
18 QUIREMENTS FOR INDIVIDUALS.—No individual shall
19 be required to disclose any information under any
20 data collection activity authorized under the Patient
21 Protection and Affordable Care Act or an amendment
22 made by that Act relating to—
23 ‘‘(A) the lawful ownership or possession of
24 a firearm or ammunition; or 2040
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1 ‘‘(B) the lawful use, possession, or storage of
2 a firearm or ammunition.’’.