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Bill: Health Care Reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: Freedom Party of Aloria
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: November 2662
Description[?]:
| The government of Aloria has a duty to provide free and universal health care, including the right to drugs that may prolong or save a life, not just for people that are on what a government decide is a low income but for ALL. Also with the worsening epidemic of obesity affecting Aloria we must subside and promote the use of sports clubs. We must focus on preventative care as well, which is why we must support vaccines for all. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Pharmaceutical drugs policy.
Old value:: The government subsidises the cost of pharmaceutical drugs for people on low incomes.
Current: The government does not subsidise the cost of pharmaceutical drugs at all.
Proposed: The government pays for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The funding of sports clubs.
Old value:: The government does not fund sports clubs; only private ones are allowed.
Current: Local governments decide the funding policy of sports clubs.
Proposed: The government funds some sports clubs side-by-side with private ones.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's stance on vaccinations.
Old value:: The government encourages vaccinations for children, but does not enforce them.
Current: The government mandates vaccination for all children.
Proposed: The government mandates vaccination for all children, but parents may opt out for religious or ideological reasons.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:59:23, November 07, 2008 CET | From | Social Liberal Party | To | Debating the Health Care Reform |
| Message | We need to liberalize healthcare, not centralize any further. Current policy is good enough, why nationalize it even further that rich people have to part of the healthcare plan. We should allow people in upper income stratuses to pay and choose their own medicine. |
| Date | 22:49:07, November 07, 2008 CET | From | Alorian Populist Party (DemCoa) | To | Debating the Health Care Reform |
| Message | I can support the first and third articles in seperate bills |
| Date | 23:10:21, November 07, 2008 CET | From | New Socialist Alliance | To | Debating the Health Care Reform |
| Message | HERE, HERE! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 150 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 467 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Real-life organisations should not be referenced in Particracy, unless they are simple and generic (eg. "National Organisation for Women" is allowed). |
| Random quote: "Any law which violates the inalienable rights of man is essentially unjust and tyrannical; it is not a law at all." - Maximilien Robespierre |