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Bill: Health (Pharamaceutical Research) 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: September 2563
Description[?]:
| An act to remove price controls. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The research and development of pharmaceutical drugs.
Old value:: The government subsidizes research and development of prescription drugs and 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 but does not regulate their prices.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:36:10, April 17, 2008 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Health (Pharamaceutical Research) Amendment Act |
| Message | Price is the mechanism which balances supply and demand. If prices is fixed at an arbitrarily low point, supply will be low with it. And that is exactly what is happening here. The supply of pharmaceutical drugs is being kept low simply because economically it is the point at which the pharmaceutical companies make the most money. There are shortages of important drugs simply because it is not economically feasible to produce larger quantities. Clearly this must stop. We must remove price controls, for the benefit of ordinary people. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 159 | ||
| no |
Total Seats: 152 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 106 |
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