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Bill: Choice in Care
Details
Submitted by[?]: Protectorate Party
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 2118
Description[?]:
| Private health care is permitted to be used as a supplement to our national plan. Should a specific treatment be only available through the private system, anyone may use the system with the government subsidizing the cost based on the patient's ability to pay. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: Health care is entirely public and free; private clinics are banned.
Current: There is a free public health care system and a small number of private clinics, which are heavily regulated to ensure they treat their patients well and provide good care.
Proposed: There is a public health care system, but private clinics are allowed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 05:03:33, September 24, 2005 CET | From | Social Republican Party | To | Debating the Choice in Care |
| Message | Huzahh! |
| Date | 01:26:08, September 25, 2005 CET | From | LibCom Party | To | Debating the Choice in Care |
| Message | Private clinics will poach medical professionals from the public health service, degrading the level of healthcare provided free of charge, so that only those willing and able to pay will have access to the service that's currently available to all. |
| Date | 16:57:10, September 25, 2005 CET | From |  Protectorate Party | To | Debating the Choice in Care |
| Message | "Should a specific treatment be only available through the private system, anyone may use the system with the government subsidizing the cost based on the patient's ability to pay." |
| Date | 02:20:53, September 27, 2005 CET | From | LibCom Party | To | Debating the Choice in Care |
| Message | Yes, but for treatments available through the public system, those who can afford to go private will receive a higher standard of care. |
| Date | 14:29:52, September 28, 2005 CET | From | Malivia Democratic Party | To | Debating the Choice in Care |
| Message | Health care sold to the highest bidder? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 44 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 56 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: When forming a cabinet, try to include as few parties as possible, while still obtaining a majority of the seats. |
| Random quote: "There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences. " - P. J. O Rourke |