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National Health Service Bill
Topic Started: Aug 19 2009, 01:26 PM (221 Views)
Commoncold0
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Under this bill, existing legislation on public health provision shall be consolidated and expanded upon to create a National Health Service.

Part 1: Structure

The NHS in each state shall be organised under State Health Authorities. These authorities will be tasked with overseeing the distribution and development of NHS resources in their state.

Federal funding for the NHS in each state will be determined by the National Health Authority, which will allocate national government funds to each State Health Authority on the basis of need. State Healh Authorities may also recieve additional funding from State Governments.

Part 2: Services

The services offered by the NHS shall be divided into 3 categories.

Category A services are to be provided free of charge.

Category B services may be subject to charges. However, as the NHS is a not-for-profit body, State Health Authorities should subsidise these services as much as possible, offering them for free is funding is available.

Category C services are not to recieve any NHS subsidy and, if a SHA chooses to provide such services, then they are to be run as a commercial enterprise with profits going towards funding other NHS services.


The following services shall be considered Category A:
General Practitioners Services (Primary Care)
Emergency Treatment
In-Patient Care
Specialist Care (except as otherwise specified)
Long-Term Care
Psychiatric Care
Postnatal Care (health visitors for newborn children)
Category B Care for children under 16 (19 if in in full time education), those on low incomes and those over the age of 65.
Vaccinations
Other healthcare permitted by law and not contained within Categories B or C.

The following services shall be considered Category B:
Perscription Services
Opticians Services
Dental Services

The following services shall be considered Category C:
Cosmetic Surgery (excluding reconstructive surgery)
Fertility Treatments
Any treatment for which there is no medical basis.

This bill should not require any additional changes to the current health budget.

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Inevitable
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Keep it named the Boo Health Service and you have my vote.
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Cieran
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I think part of the reason he's making it is to rename it :P.

Keep it as the National Health Service and you have my vote...
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Inevitable
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But it's better as the BHS.
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Carl Miller
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Nat'l Health Service > Boo Health Service

'Nuff said. :tophat:
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Lord Wallace Buttersworth
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Is there a problem with the BHS, or did you want to legislate to change it 'just cuz'?
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Commoncold0
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Sir William Buttersworth
Aug 19 2009, 11:43 PM
Is there a problem with the BHS, or did you want to legislate to change it 'just cuz'?

The BHS act doesn't exactly make clear how the service works. It just says things will be free. This bill specifies which types of care should be prioritised, where the funding will come from, allows states to provide additional funds etc.
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Inevitable
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Renaming the BHS would be an unecessary waste of money.

There's no reason to do it other than polticians being fussy.
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DynamoJax
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This bill is quite structured. It's a bit more odd (OOC: I'm from the US, and we're having a real toussle over here) but overall it seems constructive enough for a yay vote.
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