Health Insurance Bill likely to affect Investigative & Security
Professionals
Colleagues,
This past Saturday night the US Senate voted to consider health
reform legislation on a partisan vote of 60-39. The legislation
is far from complete, and should be on the Senate floor until at
least Christmas week. Many of the proposed provisions will
likely affect NCISS members both as business owners and
personally in a variety of ways that have received a great deal
of publicity.
The NCISS Legislative Committee is concerned with one issue that
has not gained much public attention, but a concern raised by
the Gun Owners Association of America. The Washington Post
reported on Sunday that the association is objecting to a
mandate in the Senate bill which would require doctors to
provide gun related health data to the government. Also
receiving concern is a provision in the Senate bill to encourage
healthy lifestyles. The gun owners group fears this could end up
causing higher insurance rates for gun owners and jeopardize the
ability for some to obtain a firearms license. This provision
could affect some NCISS members, professional investigators and
security colleagues.
The Senate is out of session for Thanksgiving this week, but
will resume consideration of the bill next week. The NCISS
legislative committee will continue to keep you apprised of
developments of this bill and the many other bills that may
affect our members and colleagues.
Happy Thanksgiving,
Jimmie Mesis
NCISS Legislative Chairman
jim@nciss.org
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