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Bill: Health Care Reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: Telamon National 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: April 2663
Description[?]:
| We feel it is wrong that richer people should be able to get better care than everyone else just because they have more money. Everyone should receive the same level of health care despite wealth and class. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: 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.
Current: Health care is entirely public and free; private clinics are banned.
Proposed: Health care is entirely public and free; private clinics are banned.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:30:15, November 08, 2008 CET | From | Democratic Capitalist Delegation | To | Debating the Health Care Reform |
| Message | If we can all acknowledge that private Hospitals provide better care, then perhaps we should send everyone to private hospitals and just have the government pick up the tab. Allegra Cabrazi Chairwoman Democratic Capitalist Delegation |
| Date | 21:34:42, November 08, 2008 CET | From | Telamon National Party | To | Debating the Health Care Reform |
| Message | So basically you are saying the government should pay to make the fat capitalists even richer, the issue of private health is not that they provide better treatment but because fewer people can afford access they are under much less pressure. If we pay everyone\'s they will suffer the same problems of that of the public health service. John Ford, TNP Leader. |
| Date | 01:18:16, November 09, 2008 CET | From | Democratic Capitalist Delegation | To | Debating the Health Care Reform |
| Message | Then your argument that the rich would have access to better care by the allowance of private hospitals is invalid. Perhaps some treatments may be administered more swiftly in a private system, but that does not mean the level of care is superior. There is no good reason to deny entrepreneurs the right to establish a private hospital if they so choose. Allegra Cabrazi Chairwoman Democratic Capitalist Delegation |
| Date | 17:47:51, November 09, 2008 CET | From | Telamese Defence League | To | Debating the Health Care Reform |
| Message | This proposal would reduce the level of health care for everyone. More people would be using the national health service as there are no other options for them, and many private practictioners will simply go overseas. This is an inanely stupid proposal from the TNP. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 86 | ||||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 356 | ||||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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