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Bill: Private Health Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM)
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 2906
Description[?]:
| This Act will deregulate private clinics. |
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: 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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 10:59:05, March 10, 2010 CET | From |  Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM) | To | Debating the Private Health Act |
| Message | Rt Hon David Craddock MP: Madam Speaker, the system used to work very well. Under my predecessor, the Rt Hon Duchess Thompson, private and public clinics worked alongside each other effectively, with private clinics free from government regulation. Madam Speaker, millions used private clinics and it was a good example of the system regulating itself. Those clinics that did not offer good value for money and effective treatment quickly found themselves without customers and shut down. Madam Speaker, at the moment, regulation is strangling the private health sector. Whilst no doubt many in this House would favour a completely public system, our hefty population means that this would just be unfeasible. Madam Speaker, if we want all people to be able to access health care, we must deregulate the system now. Of course, some regulation will still apply. The House must remember that there are health and safety standards to adhere to, pollution standards, hiring policies, salary policies, working conditions etc. etc. Madam Speaker, there is already a burden of legislation dictating conduct as it is. We do not need even more than this choking our health sector. Madam Speaker, those in favour of some regulation can vote in favour of this bill knowing that the most basic regulations shall still apply. It will not make the health sector completely regulation free. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 127 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 184 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 80 |
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