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Bill: National Health System Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Telamonese Communist 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: December 2618
Description[?]:
| The health resources of the nation should be redirected according to patient need, not ability to pay. Albert Brocklehurst (General Secretary of the Telamonese Communist Party) |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: There is a public health care system, but private clinics are allowed.
Current: Health care is entirely public and free; private clinics are banned.
Proposed: Health care is entirely public and free; private clinics are banned.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Pharmaceutical drugs policy.
Old value:: The government subsidises the cost of pharmaceutical drugs for people on low incomes.
Current: The government pays for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs.
Proposed: The government pays for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:48:22, August 07, 2008 CET | From | Regional Acronym Political Establishment | To | Debating the National Health System Act |
| Message | Healthcare is a privelege, not a right. This places an undue burden on the taxpayer. |
| Date | 19:34:46, August 08, 2008 CET | From | Radical Party | To | Debating the National Health System Act |
| Message | Here, here. Maria Snowdon Finance Minister |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 184 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 317 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: When elections in a country are held, all bills in the voting phase are reset to the debate phase. |
| Random quote: "Sometimes democracy must be bathed in blood." - Augusto Pinochet |