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Bill: Pharmaceutical Drug Policy
Details
Submitted by[?]: Conservative Front
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: October 2136
Description[?]:
| This bill would remove the subsidizing of all people, but keep the policy of paying entirely for persons of low income. People of means have no reason to need money for the government to obtain pharmaceutical drugs. |
Proposals
Article 1
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 supplies free pharmaceutical drugs to those on low incomes.
Proposed: The government supplies free pharmaceutical drugs to those on low incomes.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 10:23:38, November 05, 2005 CET | From |  Alliance 44 | To | Debating the Pharmaceutical Drug Policy |
| Message | I agree. Social support should be targeted to those who really need it. |
| Date | 11:49:19, November 05, 2005 CET | From | Jesters & Jugglers Party | To | Debating the Pharmaceutical Drug Policy |
| Message | people with low incomes are already being paid entirely back and i think everybody has the right to treatment so you always should be paid back at least partially for everybody medecins can be very expensive |
| Date | 12:14:14, November 05, 2005 CET | From | Primus Inter Pares | To | Debating the Pharmaceutical Drug Policy |
| Message | If we look at our population we see people who work very hard to get a certain standard of living. We also see people who don't do anything or the less possible. Suppose two people become very ill and need expensive medication. first person --> works very hard, pays taxes --> certain standard of living --> needs to pay full price medication second person --> doesn't work much, doesnt pay much taxes -->low standard of living --> doesn't have to pay for the medication Will this first person be happy that the other person who doesn't want to work gets more from the government then himself? A government can convince this first person that he gets the half and the poorer people get whole payed back. He will call this solidarity. But when this first person has to pay all of it and the second person nothing, he won't agree. I think a safety net is a good thing but it can't become a hammock. I know it is expensive but we will send away people with the knowledge and possibilities to work in our country. If I was a very rich person and I would see this. First I pay more taxes, I get ill and can't work. So I lose much more money because I can't work and now the governement won't help me with my medication because I have a savings account. I'll move to another country. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 51 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 46 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 3 |
| Random fact: Any RP law granting extraordinary "emergency powers" or dictator-like powers to a government must be passed by at least a 2/3rds majority, but (like all RP laws) may always be overturned by a simple majority vote of the legislature. |
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