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Bill: National Prescription Drug Plan Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Patriotic Unity 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: November 2116
Description[?]:
| This bill will make drugs prescribed by doctors free. It is our duty to take care of all Indralan citizens. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The research and development of pharmaceutical drugs.
Old value:: The government neither subsidizes research and development of drugs nor regulates 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.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Pharmaceutical drugs policy.
Old value:: The government does not subsidise the cost of pharmaceutical drugs at all.
Current: The government supplies free pharmaceutical drugs to those on low incomes.
Proposed: The government pays partially for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs, and pays entirely for those of low income citizens.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:07:27, September 10, 2005 CET | From | Inrala no Ikolowagitou (Green) | To | Debating the National Prescription Drug Plan Act |
| Message | We agree with the sentiment of caring for our citizens, but are not convinced that drug therapies are necessarily the best route to a healthy population. By subsidising drugs and not preventative measures or alternative treatments, we lock the health service into a pharmaceutical view of healthcare. On these issues, we would supprt a regulation of drug prices, but are not convinced of the need for an R&D subsidy. We would consider a prescription subsidy for low-income households, provided this was not limited to drugs. To the bill as it stands we would have to vote no. |
| Date | 11:12:21, September 12, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Democratic Party of Indrala | To | Debating the National Prescription Drug Plan Act |
| Message | We would prefer Article 2 be changed to provide the full cost only to low-income families. Other than that, this bill has our wholehearted support. |
| Date | 06:10:39, September 26, 2005 CET | From | Inrala no Ikolowagitou (Green) | To | Debating the National Prescription Drug Plan Act |
| Message | A close call, but with the restriction on subsidies, we have been persuaded. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 300 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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| Random quote: "There is no problem that cannot be solved with diplomacy or debate. Anyone who thinks otherwise does not need a gun, but a direct ride to a mental health clinic." - Ascentio Cartaginese, former Istalian politician |