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Bill: Healthcare reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: Sunshine Party
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: July 2219
Description[?]:
| The incentive to get people better lies with doctors and nurses not bureaucrats. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: 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.
Current: There is a public health care system, but private clinics are allowed.
Proposed: Health care is entirely private.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:59:38, April 22, 2006 CET | From |  Ducal Delegation | To | Debating the Healthcare reform |
| Message | We would prefer the option: "Health care is private, but is paid for by the state for people with low incomes." Percy Waterman (Personal Secretary to the Grand Duke of Hikirena) |
| Date | 10:58:12, April 25, 2006 CET | From | Communist Party of Aldegar | To | Debating the Healthcare reform |
| Message | A private health care service would be run with profits, not patients, in mind. We must not allow greedy capitalists the chance to hold the people to ransom - their health is worrth more than money. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 117 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 172 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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