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Bill: Healthcare decisions to be taken by health care professionals.
Details
Submitted by[?]: Adam Smith 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: February 2092
Description[?]:
| It is unnacceptable that a bunch of bureaucrats can decide what is and is not good treatment and acceptable care. This bill is to return the control of medical treatment to the doctors who are trained at public expense for this. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: There is a free public health care system and a small number of private clinics, which are heavily regulated to ensure they treat their patients well and provide good care.
Current: There is a free public health care system and a small number of private clinics, which are heavily regulated to ensure they treat their patients well and provide good care.
Proposed: There is a public health care system, but private clinics are allowed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 09:06:12, August 02, 2005 CET | From |  National People's Gang | To | Debating the Healthcare decisions to be taken by health care professionals. |
| Message | If they are "heavily regulated" (or, let's face it, if they are "lightly regulated", or indeed, "not regulated at all") then they must: a. Exist b. Be allowed The ASPs are bringing "The Grass Is Green" legislation again. |
| Date | 16:03:24, August 02, 2005 CET | From | Adam Smith Party | To | Debating the Healthcare decisions to be taken by health care professionals. |
| Message | Pot meet kettle |
| Date | 16:04:46, August 02, 2005 CET | From | Adam Smith Party | To | Debating the Healthcare decisions to be taken by health care professionals. |
| Message | The question is not of existence. Once more Equitists shows their inability to read. The bill description explains the reason for this act. |
| Date | 04:39:49, August 03, 2005 CET | From | Tuesday Is Coming | To | Debating the Healthcare decisions to be taken by health care professionals. |
| Message | We read the bill, and the proposal, to be concerned with the regulation of private healthcare. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 171 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 186 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 93 |
| Random fact: By default the head of government is the ultimate authority within a national government. In general terms, heads of government are expected to consult with cabinet colleagues (including those from other parties) before making significant decisions but they remain responsible for government action. |
| Random quote: "A proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It's a proof. A proof is a proof. And when you have a good proof, it's because it's proven." - Jean Chretien (describing the level of proof about weapons of mass destruction that Canada required to join the Iraq War) |