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Bill: SLE - Medical Standards Act 2199
Details
Submitted by[?]: Shalom Lechem v'Eretz Party
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 2199
Description[?]:
| This bill aims to eliminate poorly-run private "chop shops" endangering the lives of our citizens with substandard health and hygeine practices. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: There is a public health care system, but private clinics are allowed.
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 | 19:01:46, March 12, 2006 CET | From | VBS Party | To | Debating the SLE - Medical Standards Act 2199 |
| Message | I see you're destroying companies again... |
| Date | 05:50:52, March 13, 2006 CET | From | New Passive Militarist Party | To | Debating the SLE - Medical Standards Act 2199 |
| Message | Why would someone want to go to a private "chop shop" when they can get their health care for free at a public clinic? We feel this bill over-bureaucratizes an essentially self-regulating area of public life. |
| Date | 09:13:13, March 13, 2006 CET | From | Shalom Lechem v'Eretz Party | To | Debating the SLE - Medical Standards Act 2199 |
| Message | NPMP, public clinics still aren't free. They may be heavily subsidised, but studies show that more and more people are finding even cheaper health "care" at grubby little surgeries who don't operate to any standards, have under-qualified staff, and jeapordise people's lives. An investigation is underway that is finding disturbing evidence that VBS agents are actively trying to turn citizens away from public clinics and into these death-traps. |
| Date | 09:15:45, March 13, 2006 CET | From | Shalom Lechem v'Eretz Party | To | Debating the SLE - Medical Standards Act 2199 |
| Message | And to address VBS's argument, a private company worth having around would be following a standard of health anyway, so decent clinics have nothing to fear from this bill. When people's lives are at stake, what's wrong with telling a company to shape up or shut down? |
| Date | 20:42:44, March 13, 2006 CET | From | Green Moderate Party | To | Debating the SLE - Medical Standards Act 2199 |
| Message | Good argument, SLE. I wouldn't have thought of things that way. |
| Date | 01:58:34, March 14, 2006 CET | From | New Passive Militarist Party | To | Debating the SLE - Medical Standards Act 2199 |
| Message | Good argument! Supported now. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 421 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 174 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Did you know you can change the official name of your nation? All you need to do is draw up a new name that is in accordance with the Nation Renaming Guide, pass a bill proposing the name change with a two-thirds majority and then post a request to Moderation on the "Renaming Requests" thread. You can change city and region names in this way too. |
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