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BI-PARTISAN HEALTH CARE BILLLatest News!
Super series 4th round of the 2010 Norsemen Super Series for Mini Classes ONLY is the Woodland Enduro.
Mark your calendar for the final round at Trollhaugen Hare Scrambles to see who wins the NEW 2009 Yamaha YZ250F sponsored by Larson's Cycle and the Norsemen Motorcycle Club. Click HERE for all the details. Ronald McDonald House benefit All profits from the Woodland "mini only" Enduro will go to benefit the Ronald McDonald House.
Ronald McDonald House Charities, Upper Midwest creates, finds and supports programs that provide a caring community for families with seriously ill children while increasing children's access to health care services.
The Woodland "mini only" Enduro will have concessions available. Bring your mini riders out to enjoy the event and bring your hungry friends to visit the concession stand. MEMBERSHIP Renew Online
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Norsemen HAS PURCHASED TRANSPONDER SCORING SYSTEM In a move designed to improve accuracy and race flow, the Norsemen Motorcycle Club has purchased MotoTally transponder scoring system to be utilized by the D23 points keepers at ALL D23 Hare Scrambles in 2010. The bi-partisan bill to end health care discrimination against motorcyclists and ATVers cleared the Senate but failed to clear the House before the end of the 2004 session. The measure, S.423 is now considered a dead bill. HOWEVER, AMA Government Relations Department officials look forward to reintroducing this important legislation in the 109th Congress, and urge all motorcyclists, ATVers and others to contact their US Representatives and Senators to support the new bill. U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced S.423 "The HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act". This bill was passed on November 21, 2004 by the Senate, and now your support is needed to get it through the House. Please write your House Representative and tell them to support the passage of S.423!
Collins was joined by Senator Feingold (D-WI) in introducing the Senate legislation. The measure would bar health plans from denying benefits to people injured while riding motorcycles, ATV's, horses, snowmobiles, skiing, or engaging in other legal recreational or transportation activities. On August 21, 1996, Congress passed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), which prohibits companies from denying access to employer sponsored health insurance for motorcyclists and those who participate in other recreational activities. However, federal regulators created a loophole that allows the denial of benefits under various conditions.
"Because of this loop hole, someone who participates in motorcycling, snowmobiling, running or walking could be denied health care coverage, while someone who is injured while drinking and driving a car would be protected," Senator Feingold said. "It's time that Congress corrected this so that those who are abiding by the law are not denied coverage." The AMA, the Motorcycle Riders Foundation, Motorcycle Industry Council and various state motorcyclist's rights organizations are working to get this loop hole closing legislation approved.
NOTIFY YOU MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND TELL THEM TO SUPPORT AND PASS S.423, "THE HIPAA RECREATIONAL INJURY TECHNICAL CORRECTION ACT," IN THE HOUSE.
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