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Bill: Gematigd Manifest Deel Vier - Health Legislation
Details
Submitted by[?]: Gematigd Front van Vanuku
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: August 2823
Description[?]:
| Centrist Manifesto Part Four - Health Legislation ---------------------------- Public Health Care: Administered by the Vanukese Public Health Services (VPHS), the public health care system shall run side by side with private health care institutions. It shall be entirely free, however hospitals and clinics are not forbidden to request voluntary contributions to assist with the maintainence of the system. Pharmaceutical Drug Subsidy (PDS): For the sake of the PDS legislation, a 'low income earner' is any adult citizen who earns $29,999 or less. Any low income earner shall receive a rebate of 30% for any pharmaceutical drug purchases, when receipts and proof of income are presented to the VPHS. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: Health care is entirely private.
Current: There is a public health care system, but private clinics are allowed.
Proposed: There is a public health care system, but private clinics are allowed.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Health and safety legislation for industry.
Old value:: There are no set health and safety regulations for industry.
Current: The government introduces and actively regulates health and safety legislation in all areas of industry.
Proposed: The government introduces and actively regulates health and safety legislation in all areas of industry.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Pharmaceutical drugs policy.
Old value:: The government does not subsidise the cost of pharmaceutical drugs at all.
Current: The government pays partially for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs, and pays entirely for those of low income citizens.
Proposed: The government subsidises the cost of pharmaceutical drugs for people on low incomes.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:20:38, September 26, 2009 CET | From | Partij van de Toekomst | To | Debating the Gematigd Manifest Deel Vier - Health Legislation |
| Message | As per our response to Gematigd Manifest Deel Twee - Education Legislation, the Liberale Democratisch Partij opposes this for being potentially damaging to the education and to the health system currently in place. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | |
| no |
Total Seats: 200 | |
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: References to prominent real-life persons are not allowed. This includes references to philosophies featuring the name of a real-life person (eg. "Marxism", "Thatcherism", "Keynesianism"). |
| Random quote: "Take our country back" - Conservative Republican campaign slogan for the 4690 Likatonian election |