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« on: June 02, 2014, 07:40:29 PM »
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« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2014, 07:40:57 PM »
SPEAK!!!!


Told you it wouldn't be long, man. Wink
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« Reply #2 on: June 03, 2014, 06:18:25 AM »
For the record, this bill is largely based on this.

Atlasia at the moment is suffering a shortage of doctors, at the moment it's about 20 000, but that will grow rapidly over the next few years as doctors retire and the elderly population expands.

Ultimately, the main problem is not that there are not enough medical colleges, more are founded every year and existing ones regularily expand, the problem is there are not enough residency slots ever since congress capped them. This particularily impacts speciality fields like cardiology.
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« Reply #3 on: June 03, 2014, 06:38:21 PM »
Why was a cap put in place to begin with?


Also, whilst I don't want to repeat everything from the posts in the healthcare thread, it is the case that a shortage of doctors not only deprives people of access to quality care but drives up medical costs (one of several factors causing that), so we definately need to address this problem with a variety of measures.
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« Reply #4 on: June 03, 2014, 06:54:30 PM »
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Why was a cap put in place to begin with?


Also, whilst I don't want to repeat everything from the posts in the healthcare thread, it is the case that a shortage of doctors not only deprives people of access to quality care but drives up medical costs (one of several factors causing that), so we definately need to address this problem with a variety of measures.

It was part of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, almost certainly to reduce the amount the federal government spent training doctors.
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« Reply #5 on: June 03, 2014, 07:28:04 PM »
Kind of like the so called doc fix or whatever it is called, a series of short term measures that cut costs for the next year at the expense of the next decade.
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« Reply #6 on: June 04, 2014, 06:47:05 PM »
If there are is no amendments or anything a final vote can be opened tomorrow night.
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« Reply #7 on: June 04, 2014, 08:00:50 PM »
No amendments on my behalf, I'll be happy to vote for this!
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« Reply #8 on: June 05, 2014, 08:36:10 PM »
With debate time having expired and no subsequent debate, a vote is now open on the underlying legislation. Senators please vote Aye, Nay or Abstain.


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« Reply #9 on: June 05, 2014, 08:36:56 PM »
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« Reply #10 on: June 05, 2014, 08:54:02 PM »
Aye.
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« Reply #11 on: June 05, 2014, 09:41:29 PM »
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« Reply #12 on: June 06, 2014, 05:07:35 AM »
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« Reply #13 on: June 06, 2014, 05:49:52 AM »
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« Reply #14 on: June 06, 2014, 06:03:12 AM »
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« Reply #15 on: June 06, 2014, 07:08:22 AM »
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« Reply #16 on: June 06, 2014, 09:31:55 AM »
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« Reply #17 on: June 06, 2014, 03:02:56 PM »
Vote on the End the Doctor's shortage Act :

Aye [8]: TNF, DC, Tyrion, bore, Alfred, Goldwater, Lumine, and Yankee
Nay (0):
Abstain (0):

Didn't Vote (2): shua, and Griffin

The bill passes and is sent to the President for Executive decision.
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« Reply #18 on: June 11, 2014, 05:23:42 PM »
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« Reply #19 on: June 11, 2014, 06:41:43 PM »
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