(co-written by Courelli)
CURRENT DRAFT #4 (edit: effect lines tweaked)
[TITLE] Unequal Treatment?
[DESCRIPTION] A bombshell report recently released by the Ministry of Health revealed a stark gap in healthcare quality and accessibility across the various provinces of @@NAME@@. To investigate the problem, you are visiting an impoverished district in southern @@NAME@@ and are shocked to learn that the dilapidated buildings you took for abandoned apartments are in fact hospitals – a startling contrast from the world-class medical facilities in @@CAPITAL@@.
[VALIDITY] Invalid for nations with high income equality, nations with high public healthcare, or nations with the "Universal Health Care," "Devolution," or "Socialism" policies.
[OPTION] “For decades, our health and well-being have been neglected by the government, and we won’t take it any longer!” declares the exasperated @@RANDOMNAME@@, a resident of the area. “The place I live shouldn’t determine the quality of the healthcare I receive, and I shouldn’t have to travel miles just to find a safe hospital with competent doctors! We demand more funding for hospitals in poor regions, even if it means cutting the budget somewhere else, like the military—who needs them?”
[EFFECT] resources are being moved from the operations room to the operating room
[OPTION] “We could give them all the money in the world, but if it’s not spent properly it won’t do a damn thing!” your Minister of Health interjects, frantically flipping through a large, bound copy of his Ministry’s several-hundred-page report. "These hospitals are typically poorly run, poorly maintained, understaffed, and often fail to abide by national health and safety standards. What we really need is oversight and enforcement! Allocate these funds to my ministry, and we will enact more stringent regulations with routine inspections to ensure these hospitals are up to par.”
[EFFECT] hospitals found to be in violation of regulation 683 section 7 clause H are immediately shut down
[OPTION] "You can't put a bandage on a fourth degree burn and expect it to heal! This is just a symptom of a greater epidemic that plagues our nation: for-profit healthcare!" dramatically announces a person who seemingly came out of nowhere, clutching a hammer in one hand and a sickle in the other. "Under the current system, the rich are able to afford luxury treatment while the poor are forced to suffer in dirty, understaffed healthcare facilities, all while insurance and pharmaceutical companies profit off their hardship. The solution is clear: socialize healthcare and make it accessible for all, regardless of residence, class, or social status!"
[EFFECT] a broken arm or leg no longer costs an arm and a leg
[OPTION] “If you’re not happy with the healthcare you’re getting, pack up and move,” remarks @@RANDOMNAME@@, a "self-made" businessman whose parents lent @@HIM@@ a small fortune to kickstart @@HIS@@ business. “What makes @@NAME@@ so great is that if you’re unhappy with your current conditions, you can make your way out of it with a little hard work. The government doesn’t need to spend all this unnecessary money or make weird, complicated regulations; simply advertise the wonderful ways of the @@DEMONYM@@ free market and encourage people to pull themselves up by their bootstraps, find a good job, and make their own living. It’ll be great!”
[EFFECT] injured workers are encouraged to 'stitch themselves up with their bootstraps'