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Bill: National Drug Plan Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Democratic Centre Party of Gaduridos
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: February 2112
Description[?]:
| In order to promote public health, the Department of Health and Social Services is hereby authorized and required to establish the National Drug Plan, which will subsidize the cost of prescription drugs for low income senior citizens. (To define these terms, senior citizens are those 65 and older, and low income refers to people earning less than half the average income for their household size.) The Plan will subsidize 25% of the cost of prescription drugs, up to a maximum of 500 Gadurs per month. This benefit exists in addition to any private drug plans that may be used. Only senior citizens who qualify as low income can use the Plan. Further, only prescriptions deemed medically necessary will be covered by the plan. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Pharmaceutical drugs policy.
Old value:: The government does not subsidise the cost of pharmaceutical drugs at all.
Current: The government pays partially for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs, and pays entirely for those of low income citizens.
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 | 22:20:42, September 14, 2005 CET | From | Democratic Centre Party of Gaduridos | To | Debating the National Drug Plan Act |
| Message | The cost of this program should be pretty minimal, and we're running a big surplus anyway. Besides, seniors paid into the system with their taxes for decades, we owe it to them to help them out in their golden years. |
| Date | 22:34:21, September 14, 2005 CET | From | National Libertarian Party | To | Debating the National Drug Plan Act |
| Message | No, sorry. |
| Date | 21:44:26, September 15, 2005 CET | From | Gaduridos National Party | To | Debating the National Drug Plan Act |
| Message | The GNP feels that this is a good idea. We also feel that although the NLP may not agree with it, at the end of the day, it is in the best interests of our citizens and should therefore make a compromise. |
| Date | 22:17:58, September 15, 2005 CET | From | National Libertarian Party | To | Debating the National Drug Plan Act |
| Message | We will abstain, as long as this is for shots and medicine neccesary to survive - unneccesary medication like deppression, etc should not be payed for. |
| Date | 00:57:29, September 16, 2005 CET | From | Democratic Centre Party of Gaduridos | To | Debating the National Drug Plan Act |
| Message | Moving to vote. I've added a clause to address the NLP's concern about unnecessary medications. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 264 | |||||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 135 |
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