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Bill: Drugs Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Partiya Rizgarî ya Bamenistan
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: December 2260
Description[?]:
| This should be left to private companies. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The research and development of pharmaceutical drugs.
Old value:: The government subsidizes research and development of prescription drugs and regulates their prices.
Current: The government subsidizes research and development of prescription drugs and regulates their prices.
Proposed: The government neither subsidizes research and development of drugs nor regulates their prices.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Pharmaceutical drugs policy.
Old value:: The government pays partially for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs, and pays entirely for those of low income citizens.
Current: The government subsidises the cost of pharmaceutical drugs for people on low incomes.
Proposed: The government does not subsidise the cost of pharmaceutical drugs at all.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:31:50, July 24, 2006 CET | From | New Democratic Initiative of Barmenistan | To | Debating the Drugs Act |
| Message | Survival of the fittest, eh? |
| Date | 23:36:24, July 24, 2006 CET | From | Partiya Rizgarî ya Bamenistan | To | Debating the Drugs Act |
| Message | Free market means companies will invest in R&D. Bureaucrats are no entrepreneurs. |
| Date | 17:53:19, July 26, 2006 CET | From | Aotearoan Resistance League | To | Debating the Drugs Act |
| Message | They will also sell low-quality drugs at high prices. |
| Date | 17:53:29, July 26, 2006 CET | From | Aotearoan Resistance League | To | Debating the Drugs Act |
| Message | *Companies, I mean. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 376 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 374 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Voters have an extra appreciation for bills that actually get passed, so if you want to maximally take profit from your votes, make sure you compromise with others. |
| Random quote: "Soldiers who are not afraid of guns, bombs, capture, torture or death say they are afraid of homosexuals. Clearly we should not be used as soldiers; we should be used as weapons." - Letter to the editor, the Advocate |