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Bill: Health (Pharmaceutical Subsidies) Amendment Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Judicial Union Party
Status[?]: passed
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: May 2501
Description[?]:
| An act to remove subsidies for citizens who have more than a low income. |
Proposals
Article 1
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 subsidises the cost of pharmaceutical drugs for people on low incomes.
Proposed: The government supplies free pharmaceutical drugs to those on low incomes.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 06:57:41, December 12, 2007 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Health (Pharmaceutical Subsidies) Amendment Act |
| Message | Why should we be subsidising drugs for rich people? That's a waste of money. |
| Date | 15:43:04, December 12, 2007 CET | From | Rightist Party | To | Debating the Health (Pharmaceutical Subsidies) Amendment Act |
| Message | We'll oppose. Current legislation is fine. |
| Date | 19:24:55, December 12, 2007 CET | From | Greenish Liberal Democratic Socialists | To | Debating the Health (Pharmaceutical Subsidies) Amendment Act |
| Message | Opposed as well. |
| Date | 04:43:32, December 14, 2007 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Health (Pharmaceutical Subsidies) Amendment Act |
| Message | Well, we need to reduce unnecessary drain on our budget, and throwing money at rich people is as close to pure waste as you can get. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 93 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 65 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 341 |
| Random fact: The people in your nation don't like inactive parties. When you often abstain from voting for a bill, they will dislike your party and your visibility to the electorate will decrease significantly. Low visibility will means you are likely to lose seats. So keep in mind: voting Yes or No is always better than Abstaining. |
| Random quote: "He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach himself." - Thomas Paine |