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Bill: Private Health Care Act 2187
Details
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: November 2187
Description[?]:
| To allow freedom of CHOICE to the peoples of Dranland. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: Health care is entirely public and free; private clinics are banned.
Current: There is a public health care system, but private clinics are allowed.
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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:36:00, February 17, 2006 CET | From | Bloc Socialiste | To | Debating the Private Health Care Act 2187 |
| Message | We will never support a bill that allows the rich to buy better health. |
| Date | 19:13:52, February 17, 2006 CET | From | New Theta | To | Debating the Private Health Care Act 2187 |
| Message | Are you implying that state health care is below par? |
| Date | 03:09:39, February 18, 2006 CET | From | Panty Party Party | To | Debating the Private Health Care Act 2187 |
| Message | It would be, after all the other doctors would be starting small private offices. |
| Date | 13:21:15, February 18, 2006 CET | From | New Theta | To | Debating the Private Health Care Act 2187 |
| Message | Fundamentally, it is about CHOICE. People should be allowed to choose, it is that simple. |
| Date | 19:57:15, February 18, 2006 CET | From | Bloc Socialiste | To | Debating the Private Health Care Act 2187 |
| Message | No, it isn't that simple. In fact, to say it is that simple is rather short-sighted. What doctor would want to work for the state if he or she could make more money in a private practice? And what doctor, after being exposed to those profits, would not madden themselves with the extra money and start offering sub-par service for more money? This is a slippery slope, one with injustice and inequality waiting for us at the bottom. |
| Date | 20:29:19, February 18, 2006 CET | From | New Theta | To | Debating the Private Health Care Act 2187 |
| Message | As startling as it sound be to you, Sozialbündnis, but not everyone works solely for money. In the old civilisation of England, in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, the state health service was both successful and of a high standard, with private health available also to those that wished for it. You have a warped sight of humankind, Sozialbündnis, and your views are damaging to the freedom and spirit of Man. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 189 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 416 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 145 |
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