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Bill: Pharmaceutical Drugs
Details
Submitted by[?]: Spiritualists' National Union
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: December 2289
Description[?]:
| Pharmaceutical drug companies should not be able to abuse their monopoly powers by pricing life-saving drugs beyond the reach of our poorest citizens. Our government has the right to cap their prices at a reasonable level, especially considering how money we give these companies in research subsidies. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The research and development of pharmaceutical drugs.
Old value:: The government subsidizes research and development of prescription drugs but does not regulate their prices.
Current: The government subsidizes research and development of prescription drugs and regulates their prices.
Proposed: The government subsidizes research and development of prescription drugs and regulates their prices.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:55:40, September 22, 2006 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Pharmaceutical Drugs |
| Message | So healthy taxpayers are forced to pay for drugs they don't use, instead of the end customers? No thank you sir. |
| Date | 15:19:43, September 22, 2006 CET | From | Spiritualists' National Union | To | Debating the Pharmaceutical Drugs |
| Message | Under this Bill, the research and development of prescription drugs will *continue* to be subsidised by the government, as before. The difference is that the prices the drug companies are allowed to charge will be regulated in order to ensure the sick are not extorted by big companies exploiting their monopoly powers. |
| Date | 16:29:45, September 22, 2006 CET | From | Imperial Party | To | Debating the Pharmaceutical Drugs |
| Message | We will not vote to interfere with a corporations profits. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 39 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 50 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 11 |
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