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Bill: Private Health Care and Standards Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Nationalist Economic Political Movement
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: February 2344
Description[?]:
| The Nationalist Economic Political Movement believes that the nation should be under private health care because it will ensure that the patients receive valuable care from doctors who are contesting each other to have the best prices for their patients. As well, we believe that standards on healthshould be left to local administrators. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change
Scope of food ingredient labeling (if present).
Old value:: All ingredients and corresponding nutritional information must be listed.
Current: All ingredients and corresponding nutritional information must be listed.
Proposed: Only the major ingredients need to be listed.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Food safety policy.
Old value:: The government introduces, and actively enforces, food standards provisions.
Current: The government introduces, and actively enforces, food standards provisions.
Proposed: Local governments determine food safety standards.
Article 3
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.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Health and safety legislation for industry.
Old value:: The government introduces and actively regulates health and safety legislation in all areas of industry.
Current: The government introduces and actively regulates health and safety legislation in all areas of industry.
Proposed: Health and safety laws are to be determined by local governments.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:24:11, January 12, 2007 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Private Health Care and Standards Act |
| Message | So, let's follow this through. Your basic premise in regards food labelling is: "Don't tell them what's in it, they might not want to eat it". People should be given the full information regarding their diets and be able to make decisions on their health accordingly. Food safety is: "Let's not make food safety a government concern. Let's let industry put whatever they want into it and hope that local government actually gives a damn about the local population." Health care is: "Let's only allow those with large amounts of extra income be able to afford life saving drugs and operations." Health and safety: "Let's not have a unified national law on health and safety. Instead we'll let local government continually reduce the level of safety in order to attract business to their constituencies and in so doing allow the NEPM to state that they had no control over the reduction in safety levels because the decisions were made locally." Would that be a correct assessment? Also, as mentioned previously, leave bills in debate for a time don't just think them up and send them straight to vote, it takes away from the interesting part of the game. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 271 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 129 |
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