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| First Piece of Legislation | |
| By: david090366 Date: June 2, 2015, 3:38 am | |
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| How would everyone feel about some sort of universal healthcare | |
| act as our first piece of legislation as a party? | |
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| Re: First Piece of Legislation | |
| By: Caos Date: June 2, 2015, 3:40 am | |
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| Hmm... It sounds interesting, but make sure the act is labeled | |
| as a minimum requirement for all states. Don't make it like | |
| Obamacare. Rather, make it a quality standard. Doesn't force | |
| anyone to do anything they don't like, and everyone can join in. | |
| Also, might I suggest perhaps something along the lines of a | |
| confederal prison bill? | |
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| Re: First Piece of Legislation | |
| By: david090366 Date: June 2, 2015, 3:59 am | |
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| I was thinking of something along the lines of Canada's, as my | |
| limited understanding of it is, but modified slightly. Which | |
| would be to provide some sort of block grants to the states to | |
| provide healthcare for their citizens. The grants would of | |
| course come with certain strings attached. ;D | |
| [quote]To start, "free" healthcare is a colloquial term and does | |
| not accurately describe the Canadian healthcare system. | |
| Healthcare is paid for by provincial insurance plans (insurance | |
| companies run by the provincial governments, for example, the | |
| Ontario Health Insurance Plan in Ontario). The federal | |
| government exercises some control over how provinces run their | |
| insurance plans through transfer payments (the Canada Health | |
| Transfer) from the federal government to the provinces. What the | |
| federal government wants from the provinces is made explicit in | |
| the Canada Health Act, which was passed in 1984. The main tenets | |
| of the Canada Health Act are: | |
| Universality: everyone (citizens) gets covered. | |
| Accessibility: we do our best to make sure geography and other | |
| factors are not barriers to high quality care. | |
| Comprehensiveness: all medically necessary care is covered. | |
| Portability: you can get some kind of coverage between | |
| provinces. | |
| Public Administration: it is handled by the government. | |
| The features of universality, accessibility and | |
| comprehensiveness make it seem like it is free. Any citizen can | |
| show up to any hospital or clinic, swipe their health card, and | |
| not see money come out of their bank account. But, just like in | |
| the US, there is documentation about the services provided and | |
| the government pays the doctor or the hospital for what was | |
| done.[/quote] | |
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