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Bill: Solentian Quality Healthcare Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Centrist Party of Solentia
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: July 4282
Description[?]:
| This act will allow the market to have a say in the healthcare industry of Solentia. Our people are are suffering due to lack of quality healthcare; this act will give our people freedom of choice in healthcare, incentivize competition that will bring fourth advancments in medical technology; and eliminate the already astronomic amounts of money our government is spending on socialized healthcare that is hurting our economy. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Policy of the government concerning the funding of abortions
Old value:: The government provides funding for abortions.
Current: The government does not provide funding for abortions.
Proposed: The government provides abortion funding only for low-income earners.
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 private, but is paid for by the state for people with low incomes.
Proposed: Health care is private, but is paid for by the state for people with low incomes.
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 subsidises the cost of pharmaceutical drugs for people on low incomes.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Compulsory detainment of the mentally ill
Old value:: The mentally ill can be compulsorily detained if they are deemed to pose a threat to themselves or others.
Current: The mentally ill can be compulsorily detained if they are deemed to pose a threat to others.
Proposed: The mentally ill can be compulsorily detained if they are deemed to pose a threat to others.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's stance on vaccinations.
Old value:: The government mandates vaccination for all children.
Current: The government encourages vaccinations for children, but does not enforce them.
Proposed: The government mandates vaccination for all children, but parents may opt out for religious or ideological reasons.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:23:34, September 27, 2017 CET | From |  Austonean Social Democrats | To | Debating the Solentian Quality Healthcare Act |
| Message | I worry if article 4 passes many middle income families would not be able to afford much needed medications. |
| Date | 05:17:58, September 27, 2017 CET | From | Centrist Party of Solentia | To | Debating the Solentian Quality Healthcare Act |
| Message | Re: Austonean Socialist Article 4 reduces the absurd amount of money it costs to provide medicine to all citizens regardless of income through government spending; and due to the tax breaks for the middle class, the middle class would have more money to spend on even more quality medicine. Furthermore Article 4 does not eliminate the Governments ability to negotiate drug prices with private companies, if anything it makes medicine more affordable and of better quality. Businesses will not drive up prices on medicine that the government is already subsidising for the poor. |
| Date | 21:58:04, October 03, 2017 CET | From | United Capitalist-Fascist Front | To | Debating the Solentian Quality Healthcare Act |
| Message | A good start |
| Date | 03:57:51, October 05, 2017 CET | From | Austonean Social Democrats | To | Debating the Solentian Quality Healthcare Act |
| Message | Can we atleast have a public option? So our people have more options? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 490 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 260 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Moderation will not approve a Cultural Protocol request within the first 48 hours of it being requested. This is in order to give other players a chance to query the proposed changes, if they wish to do so. Moderation may be approached for advice on a proposed change, but any advice proffered should always be understood under the provisio that no final decision will be made until at least 48 hours after the request has been formally submitted for approval. |
| Random quote: "The first step in freeing yourself from social restrictions is the realization that there is no such thing as a 'safe' code of conduct, one that would earn everyone's approval. Your actions can always be condemned by someone, for being too bold or too apathetic, for being too conformist or too nonconformist, for being too liberal or too conservative. So it's necessary to decide whose approval is important to you." - Harry Browne |