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Bill: Health Reform Act 2246
Details
Submitted by[?]: Socialist Party of Greater Hulstria
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: October 2446
Description[?]:
| WHEREAS, our national health care policy is severely out of date. WHEREAS, it has become important to reform our national health care policy. RESOLVED, that the following Articles are hereby enacted into law. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on subsidising contraception.
Old value:: The government does not supply free or discounted contraceptives.
Current: The government does not supply free or discounted contraceptives.
Proposed: The government subsidises a considerable discount for contraceptives.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: There is a public health care system, but private clinics are allowed.
Current: There is a public health care system, but private clinics are allowed.
Proposed: 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.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The use of cannabis for medicinal purposes.
Old value:: The medicinal use of cannabis is illegal.
Current: Cannabis is legal as a sedative for patients in pain.
Proposed: Cannabis is legal as a sedative for patients in pain.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Pharmaceutical drugs policy.
Old value:: The government pays partially for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs, and pays entirely for those of low income citizens.
Current: The government pays partially for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs, and pays entirely for those of low income citizens.
Proposed: The government pays for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The funding of sports clubs.
Old value:: Local governments decide the funding policy of sports clubs.
Current: All sports clubs are government owned and run.
Proposed: The government funds some sports clubs side-by-side with private ones.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:00:36, August 19, 2007 CET | From |  Sectual Congress | To | Debating the Health Reform Act 2246 |
| Message | Yes. |
| Date | 21:08:51, August 19, 2007 CET | From | Gao-Showa Imperial Party | To | Debating the Health Reform Act 2246 |
| Message | We are in complete opposition |
| Date | 23:04:33, August 19, 2007 CET | From | R.I.F.T. | To | Debating the Health Reform Act 2246 |
| Message | Eyeballing it, it seems like everything's good except the abortion. RIFT will not vote for this bill as written. |
| Date | 00:32:05, August 20, 2007 CET | From | Socialist Party of Greater Hulstria | To | Debating the Health Reform Act 2246 |
| Message | Abortion has been removed. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 194 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 234 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 72 |
| Random fact: "Jezvraljogadsrlji" means "Social" in the Jelbic languages. |
| Random quote: "Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people." - Karl Marx |