ObamaCare Could be Used to Ban Guns in Home Self-Defense
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* "all U.S. citizens and legal residents would be required to purchase coverage through (1) the individual market...";
*
"individuals would be required to report on their federal income tax
return the months for which they maintain the required minimum health
coverage...";
* in addition to an extensive list of statutorily
mandated coverage, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius would be empowered
to "define and update the categories of treatments, items, and
services..." within an insurance plan which would be covered in a
policy constituting "required minimum health coverage."
* "all U.S. citizens and legal residents would be required to purchase coverage through (1) the individual market...";
*
"individuals would be required to report on their federal income tax
return the months for which they maintain the required minimum health
coverage...";
* in addition to an extensive list of statutorily
mandated coverage, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius would be empowered
to "define and update the categories of treatments, items, and
services..." within an insurance plan which would be covered in a
policy constituting "required minimum health coverage."
The ObamaCare bill already contains language that will punish Americans who engage in unhealthy behavior by allowing insurers to charge them higher insurance premiums. (What constitutes an unhealthy lifestyle is, of course, to be defined by legislators.) Don't be surprised if an anti-gun nut like Sebelius uses this line of thinking to impose ObamaCare policies which result in a back-door gun ban on any American who owns "dangerous" firearms.
After all, insurers already (and routinely) drop homeowners from their policies for owning certain types of guns or for refusing to use trigger locks (that is, for keeping their guns ready for self-defense!). While not all insurers practice this anti-gun behavior, Gun Owners of America has documented that some do -- Prudential and State Farm being two of the most well-known.
The good news is that because homeowner insurance is private (and is still subject to the free market) you can go to another company if one drops you. But what are you going to do under nationalized ObamaCare when the regulations written by Secretary Sebelius suspend the applicability of your government-mandated policy because of your gun ownership?
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