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Bill: Pharmaceutical Drugs Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Pensioners' Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: March 2358
Description[?]:
| The government gives private pharmaceutical companies huge grants to develop new medicines, and yet once the medicines have been designed, approved and patented, these same companies are allowed to impose ridiculously high prices upon people who are sick. My party members say the drug companies should not be getting something for nothing! Patients deserve a better deal! Abraham Bridgewater (Leader of the Pensioners' Party) |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The research and development of pharmaceutical drugs.
Old value:: The government subsidizes research and development of prescription drugs but does not regulate their prices.
Current: The government subsidizes research and development of prescription drugs and regulates their prices.
Proposed: The government subsidizes research and development of prescription drugs and regulates their prices.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:41:07, February 09, 2007 CET | From |  Fair Capitalism Party | To | Debating the Pharmaceutical Drugs Act |
| Message | We would prefer a system whereby no-one gets subsidised. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 149 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 389 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 62 |
| Random fact: References to prominent real-life persons are not allowed. This includes references to philosophies featuring the name of a real-life person (eg. "Marxism", "Thatcherism", "Keynesianism"). |
| Random quote: "Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom." - Albert Einstein |