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Bill: Healthcare Moderation Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Union Socialism Alliance
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: November 3081
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on subsidising contraception.
Old value:: The government offers free contraceptives in pharmacies and public toilets.
Current: The government offers free contraceptives in pharmacies and public toilets.
Proposed: The government subsidises a considerable discount for contraceptives.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: Health care is entirely public and free; private clinics are banned.
Current: Health care is entirely public and free; private clinics are banned.
Proposed: 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.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Pharmaceutical drugs policy.
Old value:: The government pays for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs.
Current: The government pays partially for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs, and pays entirely for those of low income citizens.
Proposed: The government supplies free pharmaceutical drugs to those on low incomes.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:26:12, February 23, 2011 CET | From | Art & Labour | To | Debating the Healthcare Moderation Act |
| Message | Alright, should be fun. |
| Date | 17:19:23, February 23, 2011 CET | From | Dark Templar (LL) | To | Debating the Healthcare Moderation Act |
| Message | no |
| Date | 18:28:16, February 23, 2011 CET | From | Marxist-Leninist Party of Ikradon (LL) | To | Debating the Healthcare Moderation Act |
| Message | Oh look, another anti-socialism bill. |
| Date | 18:52:16, February 23, 2011 CET | From | Union Socialism Alliance | To | Debating the Healthcare Moderation Act |
| Message | Anti-Communist yes, anti-socialist, maybe only based upon the CFP's sense of 'socialism' |
| Date | 22:34:55, February 23, 2011 CET | From | Marxist-Leninist Party of Ikradon (LL) | To | Debating the Healthcare Moderation Act |
| Message | Its a small amount of capitalism is still capitalism. |
| Date | 23:47:39, February 23, 2011 CET | From | SCI Libertarian-Socialist Syndicate (LL) | To | Debating the Healthcare Moderation Act |
| Message | A small amount of capitalism is considered a Mixed Economy, partially socialist, partially capitalist. And we can say with certainty that his proposals are heavily socialist with very little capitalist elements. |
| Date | 00:38:03, February 24, 2011 CET | From | Marxist-Leninist Party of Ikradon (LL) | To | Debating the Healthcare Moderation Act |
| Message | A mixed economy is partially state capitalist and partially market capitalist. |
| Date | 01:07:16, February 24, 2011 CET | From | SCI Libertarian-Socialist Syndicate (LL) | To | Debating the Healthcare Moderation Act |
| Message | So, basically, there is only one kind of socialism, and thousands of variations of capitalism? Talk about black and white thinking.... Quite the purist whackjobbery. |
| Date | 15:43:45, February 24, 2011 CET | From | Art & Labour | To | Debating the Healthcare Moderation Act |
| Message | ^ |
| Date | 16:26:26, February 24, 2011 CET | From | Lyika ati Isọdọtun | To | Debating the Healthcare Moderation Act |
| Message | Why are SCI and IM voting no? |
| Date | 22:51:00, February 24, 2011 CET | From | SCI Libertarian-Socialist Syndicate (LL) | To | Debating the Healthcare Moderation Act |
| Message | I wasn't voting no, I was still on Abstain. |
| Date | 00:22:48, February 25, 2011 CET | From | Lyika ati Isọdọtun | To | Debating the Healthcare Moderation Act |
| Message | OOC: Oh, sorry. I checked on my ipod and the formatting was messed up. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 404 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 346 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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