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Bill: Drugs Price Regulation Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Rutanian Democratic Forum
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: January 2563
Description[?]:
| Price of medicines and prescription drugs should not be a base for making profit. Anyone has a right to health service, and to the medicines! |
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 does not subsidize research and development of prescription drugs but regulates their prices.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 09:03:59, April 16, 2008 CET | From |  Socialist Green Party | To | Debating the Drugs Price Regulation Act |
| Message | This makes a lot of sense. We support |
| Date | 00:30:16, April 17, 2008 CET | From | Commonwealth Party | To | Debating the Drugs Price Regulation Act |
| Message | We think in general this is a very good idea but we dont like the idea of the government regulating prices of items that the government doesn't even make or fund. We also think Rutanians aren't stupid people and becuase we allow private companies to make these drugs, there will be compitition for getting people to buy a certain company's item. Our people will not buy overpriced drugs...when companies compete, the people will get the best deal from their own personal choice and they will save money if they choose to. |
| Date | 09:53:29, April 17, 2008 CET | From | Rutanian Democratic Forum | To | Debating the Drugs Price Regulation Act |
| Message | Drugs are not cheap. There has to be a lot of money invested in development of some new drug. Small companies cannot handle this (do you read some bussiness news?).. RDF doubts that there is in Commonwealth a lot of these "big" drug companies which have enough money and strength to develop new drugs. Therefore, a major part of drug consumption comes from import, which is OK, but there are no so many drug. Maybe you can buy 20 kinds of pills for cold or something, but for some serious disease? So we thin that regulation is just right. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 79 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 364 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 156 |
| Random fact: Bill descriptions must be in English, or at least include a full English translation. Bill titles may appear in a language that is appropriate to the nation and are not required to be translated into English. |
| Random quote: "Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone." - John Maynard Keynes |