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Bill: Health Care Reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: Anarcho-Punks
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: September 2110
Description[?]:
| These are reforms I think are necessary to shrink our enormous budget. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Food safety policy.
Old value:: The government introduces, and actively enforces, food standards provisions.
Current: The government introduces, and actively enforces, food standards provisions.
Proposed: The government recommends food safety standards, but they are not enforced upon businesses.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: Health care is entirely public and free; private clinics are banned.
Current: Health care is entirely public and free; private clinics are banned.
Proposed: Health care is private, but is paid for by the state for people with low incomes.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Health and safety legislation for industry.
Old value:: The government introduces and actively regulates health and safety legislation in all areas of industry.
Current: The government introduces and actively regulates health and safety legislation in all areas of industry.
Proposed: The government recommends health and safety legislation, but they are not actively enforced on industry.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Pharmaceutical drugs policy.
Old value:: The government pays for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs.
Current: The government pays for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs.
Proposed: The government subsidises the cost of pharmaceutical drugs for people on low incomes.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:50:43, September 12, 2005 CET | From | Revolutionary Socialist Council | To | Debating the Health Care Reform |
| Message | As we were instrumental in creating a lot of this legislation we obviously are against. |
| Date | 22:54:09, September 12, 2005 CET | From | Revolutionary Socialist Council | To | Debating the Health Care Reform |
| Message | Furthermore, I feel the budget crisis is brought about by the rash cutting of sales tax, not our great health service. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 104 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 646 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Unless otherwise stated, monarchs and their royal houses will be presumed to be owned by the player who introduced the bill appointing them to their position. |
| Random quote: "Popular suffrage is in itself no guarantee of freedom. People can vote themselves into slavery." - Frank Chodorov |