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Bill: H+ Healthcare Policies
Details
Submitted by[?]: H+ Paradigm
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: July 2674
Description[?]:
| Specific description of the enforcement of some of the more controversial articles contained in this bill. =====================Article 2===================== This law should not be interpreted as mandating the execution of ALL old or sick people; if that was the case, there would be little reason for us to provide the sick with the medical care they need. There will be situations in which the lives of the old and sick shall be justifiably preserved. However, those individuals included in the following categories shall be targeted for euthanasia: Non-citizen nationals diagnosed with diseases, which may not necessarily be terminal, but will require the expenditure of an inordinate amount of medical resources. I.e., non-citizens whose continued life does not provide society with greater utility than the resources expended to keep them alive. Citizens, of advanced age, who have had their capabilities sufficiently degraded by age, so as to no longer provide greater benefit to society than the value of the medical resources expended to prolong their life. While their status of citizen would normally grant them some "leniency" in the application and calculation of the cost-benefit analysis regarding the expenditure of scarce medical resources on their behalf, age is not a disease the effects of which can be adequately ameliorated with current medical techniques and technologies to justify the expenditure of resources in these cases. Non-citizen prisoners, shall be euthanized immediately, upon being diagnosed with any disease which cannot be overcome without medical care. The severity of the crime for which they are imprisoned shall have no role in determining their fate. Citizen prisoners, shall be euthanized, upon being diagnosed with any disease which cannot be overcome without medical care, pending the review of their case file. The fate of those imprisoned for minor crimes shall be determined upon the determination of if they would also fall into any of the other categories described. If they would not otherwise face possible euthanization, were they not imprisoned, they will receive the medical care they require. Additional categories may be added by future bills. =====================Article 2===================== =====================Article 3===================== Dead people don't need their organs. =====================Article 3===================== |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards alcoholic beverages.
Old value:: Alcoholic beverages may be purchased only from licensed sales outlets, and can only be available to adults.
Current: Alcoholic beverages may be purchased and consumed anywhere, but only by adults.
Proposed: Alcoholic beverages may be purchased only from licensed sales outlets, but consumed by anyone.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The right to euthanasia.
Old value:: Euthanasia is allowed with consent from the patient and the treating doctor.
Current: Euthanasia is allowed with consent from the patient and the treating doctor.
Proposed: Euthanasia is mandated for the old and sick
Article 3
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: 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: Health care is entirely public and free; private clinics are banned.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning organ donations.
Old value:: Organ donations are only legal with personal consent, next-of-kin may override personal consent.
Current: Organ donations are only legal with personal consent, next-of-kin may override personal consent.
Proposed: Organ donation is universal and compulsory.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Pharmaceutical drugs policy.
Old value:: The government pays partially for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs, and pays entirely for those of low income citizens.
Current: The government pays for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs.
Proposed: The government pays for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The recreational drug policy.
Old value:: Recreational drug use is forbidden.
Current: All naturally occurring drugs are legal.
Proposed: There are no laws regulating what citizens can put into their bodies.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The funding of sports clubs.
Old value:: Local governments decide the funding policy of sports clubs.
Current: The government funds some sports clubs side-by-side with private ones.
Proposed: All sports clubs are government owned and run.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 05:07:14, December 01, 2008 CET | From | Demokratisk Pacifist Partiet | To | Debating the H+ Healthcare Policies |
| Message | We agree with 1 and 6, but not the rest. |
| Date | 20:32:05, December 01, 2008 CET | From | H+ Paradigm | To | Debating the H+ Healthcare Policies |
| Message | Which articles do you oppose UFL? |
| Date | 21:08:44, December 01, 2008 CET | From | Mitten Partiet | To | Debating the H+ Healthcare Policies |
| Message | We agree with articles 1,2,4 and 5 |
| Date | 23:25:14, December 01, 2008 CET | From | United Føderale League (NUC-DMF) | To | Debating the H+ Healthcare Policies |
| Message | Oppose 1,2,3 and 6 |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 455 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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