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Bill: Government Drug Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Peace and Freedom Party
Status[?]: passed
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 2776
Description[?]:
| The end to Government subsidies to drug research and the end to price controls on drugs. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The research and development of pharmaceutical drugs.
Old value:: The government subsidizes research and development of prescription drugs and regulates their prices.
Current: The government subsidizes research and development of prescription drugs and regulates their prices.
Proposed: The government neither subsidizes research and development of drugs nor regulates their prices.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 07:14:31, June 21, 2009 CET | From |  National Patriots Party | To | Debating the Government Drug Bill |
| Message | We will not support this bill due to its disregard for the fact that when a company makes a pill they seem to think that they can charge an arm, a leg, and your first born for it when in reality that medicine is needed to ensure that all men and woman and children are healthy. We can not in good conscience agree to this bill. |
| Date | 19:33:25, June 22, 2009 CET | From | Peace and Freedom Party | To | Debating the Government Drug Bill |
| Message | Yet somehow the capitalistic system doesn't work as simple as you make it seem. If someone is overcharging or charging too much a competitor. Have you not heard of the international chain store who's pharmacy has the majority of its major 30-day refill of pills under $10 and many more under $4. Why because it undercuts the expensive prices and they get people to buy. The market handles itself. Removing government subsidies also forces companies to only make drugs that work rather than pushing out drugs with a little modification or difference so they can make money off of it. This bill works for people on many levels regardless of what you think. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 510 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 240 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: "Kubrk" is a Jelbic word that has the colloquial meaning "old man" or "geezer". |
| Random quote: "We are told that this is an odious and unpopular tax. I never knew a tax that was not odious and unpopular with the people who paid it." - John Sherman |