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Bill: Health Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: United Republics 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: January 2421
Description[?]:
| Privatizes health sector |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: There is a public health care system, but private clinics are allowed.
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: Health care is entirely private.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Pharmaceutical drugs policy.
Old value:: The government supplies free pharmaceutical drugs to those on low incomes.
Current: The government pays partially for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs, and pays entirely for those of low income citizens.
Proposed: The government does not subsidise the cost of pharmaceutical drugs at all.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 06:15:50, June 28, 2007 CET | From | New Democratic Party | To | Debating the Health Act |
| Message | Absolutely not. This is moving completely in the wrong direction. |
| Date | 14:00:58, June 28, 2007 CET | From | Democrats | To | Debating the Health Act |
| Message | Aye this is too radical for us (although if it guarenteed that it will be defeated will shall back) |
| Date | 15:11:01, June 28, 2007 CET | From | New Democratic Party | To | Debating the Health Act |
| Message | NMP: What do you mean, you'll back if it is guaranteed that it will be defeated? Why? |
| Date | 21:06:20, June 28, 2007 CET | From | United Republics Party | To | Debating the Health Act |
| Message | posturing i think |
| Date | 00:18:54, June 29, 2007 CET | From | The Unified Lodamun Party | To | Debating the Health Act |
| Message | OOC Trying to play the game so he looks a particular way to the computer program that decides who gets what votes instead of doing what his party would actually want him to do. |
| Date | 20:20:21, June 29, 2007 CET | From | Democrats | To | Debating the Health Act |
| Message | Our party favours laissez faire, however we don't favour "fuck the poor" capitalism. As this bill was doomed to defeat we can stay true to our beliefs, without actually hurting the poor. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 274 | |||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 325 | |||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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