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Bill: Health Initiative
Details
Submitted by[?]: Conservative Republican Federalists
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: April 2232
Description[?]:
| To allow for more competition in the health care profession. |
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 private, but is paid for by the state for people with low incomes.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:34:41, May 23, 2006 CET | From | Liberal Democrat Party | To | Debating the Health Initiative |
| Message | No support. this was just recently changed by the majority votes. It needs to remain in the states hands to offer better care for patients. If you make it private then the hospitals are competing to provide better care which state hospitals do, they are competing for a bigger profit and that as we all know means that standards go out the window |
| Date | 02:53:23, May 23, 2006 CET | From | Vanuku Nationalists Party | To | Debating the Health Initiative |
| Message | Support, with the LDP overspending we'll need to save money |
| Date | 07:32:53, May 23, 2006 CET | From | Social Devolutionist | To | Debating the Health Initiative |
| Message | The SD oppose this bill, and reject the proposition put by the Nationalist Party that the LDP are overspending. Whilst there has been an increase in government spending in a number of areas it hardly amounts to everspending and in no way places our economy at risk. I seem to recall that at the time of the most recent budget debate the nationalists asked for an increase in military spending, yet now they want to save money on health. Are we to assume then that the Nationalist party is happy to spend money on death, but not on saving lives. |
| Date | 10:34:54, May 23, 2006 CET | From | dAda rEvoluTion | To | Debating the Health Initiative |
| Message | no support |
| Date | 12:12:28, May 23, 2006 CET | From | Vanuku Socialist Left Alliance | To | Debating the Health Initiative |
| Message | No Support |
| Date | 16:13:07, May 23, 2006 CET | From | Segue Democratic Alliance | To | Debating the Health Initiative |
| Message | Again, no support. We support treatment, free at the point of delivery, for all. |
| Date | 16:14:36, May 23, 2006 CET | From | Segue Democratic Alliance | To | Debating the Health Initiative |
| Message | State subsidies that go toward the profits of private healthcare firms, which are an inevitable consequence of this Bill are a wasteful use of taxpayer's money |
| Date | 17:05:03, May 23, 2006 CET | From | dAda rEvoluTion | To | Debating the Health Initiative |
| Message | it means lower charges, lower depenses, maximum profit.... |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 254 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 287 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 19 |
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| Random quote: "Casting a vote shouldn't make you sick." - Ronnie Dugger |