Draft Proposal: Universal Healthcare Act

[Belgravica]

The World Assembly,

Acknowledges that healthcare is a right
that is fundamental to living a meaningful life

Acknowledges that healthcare models reliant on private enterprise routinely fail to provide affordable services and improve patient outcomes

Defines healthcare as:

(a) any treatment intended to cure, manage or prevent a diagnosable mental or physical health condition or

(b) any treatment designed to mitigate the symptoms of an incurable medical condition

Defines medicine as:

(a) Any drug or product designed to cure, manage or prevent a diagnosable mental or physical health condition

Establishes the World Healthcare Authority (WHA) that will provide free healthcare services to all Member-state citizens, funded by contributions from member states

Declares that

(a) The WHA will be prohibited from accepting monetary payments in exchange for healthcare services

(b) WHA services will not infringe on the ability of member-state governments or private health providers within member states to provide complementary healthcare services

(c) All forms of preventative and specialist healthcare will fall under WHA coverage

(d) The WHA will aim to increase average global life expectancy above 80 years

(e) 5% of WHA funding will be spent on research on neurodegenerative illnesses such as motor neurone disease and kuru.

(f) the WHA will work in congruence with member-states to integrate WHA-funded and operated services into existing public healthcare systems, with funding prioritised toward nations with limited or non-existant public healthcare programs

(g) the WHA will forbid WHA-owned and operated medical facilities to refuse access to treatment based on a lack of payment or a customer's identity

(h) the WHA will be prohibited from using funding to finance treatment explicitly designed to end a life, whilst maintaining funding for analgesic treatment that may have the secondary effect of shortening or ending a life.

Establishes the World Assembly Vaccine Institute (WAVI), which will provide affordable vaccines to all member-state citizens

Establishes the International Pharmaceuticals Corporation (IPC) which will sell medicines at-cost wholesale to member-states and negotiate directly with pharmaceutical companies

[Kshemarashtram]

Maybe replace "human right" with "fundamental right", since many nations have non-human "sophont" beings. As such, many of them may have vastly different lifespans from humans, so a lifespan of 80 years may be impossible for some of them.

[Belgravica]

Thank you for your advice! I've removed the word human and improved mechanisms for integrating WHA services with existing infrastructure.

[Canadianers]

The World Assembly,

Acknowledges that healthcare is a right
that is fundamental to living a meaningful life

Acknowledges that healthcare models reliant on private enterprise routinely fail to provide affordable services and improve patient outcomes

Defines healthcare as:

(a) any treatment intended to cure, manage or prevent a diagnosable mental or physical health condition or

(b) any treatment designed to mitigate the symptoms of an incurable medical condition

Defines medicine as:

(a) Any drug or product designed to cure, manage or prevent a diagnosable mental or physical health condition

Establishes the World Healthcare Authority (WHA) that will provide free healthcare services to all Member-state citizens, funded by contributions from member states

Declares that

(a) The WHA will be prohibited from accepting monetary payments in exchange for healthcare services

(b) WHA services will not infringe on the ability of member-state governments or private health providers within member states to provide complementary healthcare services

(c) All forms of preventative and specialist healthcare will fall under WHA coverage

(d) The WHA will aim to increase average global life expectancy above 80 years

(e) 5% of WHA funding will be spent on research on neurodegenerative illnesses such as motor neurone disease and kuru.

(f) the WHA will work in congruence with member-states to integrate WHA-funded and operated services into existing public healthcare systems, with funding prioritised toward nations with limited or non-existant public healthcare programs

(g) the WHA will forbid WHA-owned and operated medical facilities to refuse access to treatment based on a lack of payment or a customer's identity

(h) the WHA will be prohibited from using funding to finance treatment explicitly designed to end a life, whilst maintaining funding for analgesic treatment that may have the secondary effect of shortening or ending a life.

Establishes the World Assembly Vaccine Institute (WAVI), which will provide affordable vaccines to all member-state citizens

Establishes the International Pharmaceuticals Corporation (IPC) which will sell medicines at-cost wholesale to member-states and negotiate directly with pharmaceutical companies

The Associate Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Canadianers walks into the room briskly, coughs, and pulls out a piece of paper.

The World Assembly,

Acknowledges that healthcare is a right
that is fundamental to living a meaningful life

Acknowledges that healthcare models reliant on private enterprise routinely fail to provide affordable services and improve patient outcomes

"Canadianers has many issues with this preamble; it needs to be modified significantly. First, 'Acknowledges' is repeated twice in two sentences. Second of all, 'living a meaningful life' is open to much debate; what is meaningful, and how is it related to healthcare? Furthermore, while Canadianers has adopted a Universal Healthcare system, claiming that private enterprise routinely fails to provide affordable services seems subjective and is very easy to debate on. To conclude on this regard, Canadianers believes proper syntax is required for the preamble, specifically semi-colons.

Defines healthcare as:
(a) any treatment intended to cure, manage or prevent a diagnosable mental or physical health condition or

(b) any treatment designed to mitigate the symptoms of an incurable medical condition

Canadianers finds the preamble and operative clauses are not properly separated: a simple 'Hereby', would fix it. A crucial nuance that is missing from this resolution's definition of healthcare is diagnosis. According to this resolution, diagnosis is not healthcare, which private enterprises can abuse, and makes this resolution weaker. This is a preferential suggestion, but Canadianers suggests merging sub-clause A and sub-clause B.

Defines medicine as:
(a) Any drug or product designed to cure, manage or prevent a diagnosable mental or physical health condition

Canadianers has no issues with this.

Establishes the World Healthcare Authority (WHA) that will provide free healthcare services to all Member-state citizens, funded by contributions from member states

First, the sentence needs a period. Second, how? Funding a massive global body to provide free healthcare services to all Member-state citizens is astronomically expensive. Since there is no information on how the contributions are given, it implies the contributions are optional. It's highly likely most nations would not contribute to the WHA, and even if they did, it probably wouldn't be enough to sustain the WHA.

Declares that

(a) The WHA will be prohibited from accepting monetary payments in exchange for healthcare services

(b) WHA services will not infringe on the ability of member-state governments or private health providers within member states to provide complementary healthcare services

(c) All forms of preventative and specialist healthcare will fall under WHA coverage

(d) The WHA will aim to increase average global life expectancy above 80 years

(e) 5% of WHA funding will be spent on research on neurodegenerative illnesses such as motor neurone disease and kuru.

(f) the WHA will work in congruence with member-states to integrate WHA-funded and operated services into existing public healthcare systems, with funding prioritised toward nations with limited or non-existant public healthcare programs

(g) the WHA will forbid WHA-owned and operated medical facilities to refuse access to treatment based on a lack of payment or a customer's identity

(h) the WHA will be prohibited from using funding to finance treatment explicitly designed to end a life, whilst maintaining funding for analgesic treatment that may have the secondary effect of shortening or ending a life.

Canadianers finds Clause D to be unrealistic and would most likely increase the expenses of this body even more. This is preferential but only listing Clause E for funding seems a bit of pick-and-choose. There's also some grammatical errors like incorrect spelling of words and no capitalization of certain clauses.

Establishes the World Assembly Vaccine Institute (WAVI), which will provide affordable vaccines to all member-state citizens

Canadianers has many questions regarding this clause. First, how is it funded? Second, define "affordable". Third, isn't the point of this resolution to give universal healthcare which is free as expressed in the title of the act?

Establishes the International Pharmaceuticals Corporation (IPC) which will sell medicines at-cost wholesale to member-states and negotiate directly with pharmaceutical companies

Canadianers believes this bill has too large of a scope. How is this IPC funded? If this bill were to reach the World Assembly, Canadianers would be voting AGAINST, and as much as it pains us to say this, we would recommend dropping this bill or heavily narrowing the scope of it to cover a field of healthcare rather than encompassing everything." The Associate Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Canadianers grabs his briefcase and leaves the room.

[Belgravica]

The World Assembly,

Declares that healthcare is a right fundamental to living a meaningful life

Declares that the goal of this act is universal healthcare across all nations

Believes that healthcare models solely reliant on private enterprise fail to provide affordable services and improve patient outcomes

Defines healthcare as:

(a) any treatment intended to cure, manage or prevent a diagnosable mental or physical health condition or;
(b) any treatment designed to mitigate the symptoms of an incurable medical condition or;
(c) any treatment designed to detect a diagnosable mental or physical health condition

Defines universal healthcare as:

(a) a public healthcare system that legally guarantees healthcare access to citizens without the condition of payment

Defines medicine as:

(a) Any drug or product designed to cure, manage or prevent a diagnosable mental or physical health condition

Establishes the World Healthcare Authority (WHA) that will provide or guarantee free healthcare services to all member-state citizens, funded by mandatory contributions from member states. The WHA will seek to complement existing public healthcare regimes, where a well-funded universal healthcare system already exists.

Declares that the WA will determine individual member-state contribution obligations based on these factors:

(a) The existence of a well-funded public healthcare system (where more than 7% of government spending is directed toward healthcare);
(b) The financial ability of the member-state to contribute to the WHA;
(c) Existing health expenditure as a % of GDP

Declares that

(a) The WHA will be prohibited from accepting monetary payments in exchange for healthcare services

(b) WHA services will not infringe on the ability of member-state governments or private health providers within member states to provide complementary healthcare services

(c) All forms of preventative and specialist healthcare will fall under WHA coverage

(d) the WHA will work in congruence with member-states to integrate WHA-funded and operated services into existing public healthcare systems, with funding prioritised toward nations with limited or non-existant public healthcare programs

(e the WHA will forbid WHA-owned and operated medical facilities to refuse access to treatment based on a lack of payment or a customer's identity

(f) the WHA will be prohibited from using funding to finance treatment explicitly designed to end a life, whilst maintaining funding for analgesic treatment that may have the secondary effect of shortening or ending a life.

(g) the WHA will run a suborganisation known as the World Healthcare Research Institute (WHRI), which will be funded by WHA funding and will conduct research into medical conditions with minimal survival rates,

Defines medical conditions with minimal survival rates as:

(a) any health condition that is considered terminal and/or has a death rate of over 95% within five years of diagnosis.

Establishes the International Pharmaceuticals Corporation (IPC) which will sell medicines at-cost wholesale to member-states and negotiate directly with pharmaceutical companies

[Lipizia]

Against. South Poopistan made another draft that was better of this.

[Belgravica]

Against. South Poopistan made another draft that was better of this.

What would make this bill better?

[Canadianers]

The World Assembly,

Declares that healthcare is a right fundamental to living a meaningful life

Declares that the goal of this act is universal healthcare across all nations

Believes that healthcare models solely reliant on private enterprise fail to provide affordable services and improve patient outcomes

Defines healthcare as:

(a) any treatment intended to cure, manage or prevent a diagnosable mental or physical health condition or;
(b) any treatment designed to mitigate the symptoms of an incurable medical condition or;
(c) any treatment designed to detect a diagnosable mental or physical health condition

Defines universal healthcare as:

(a) a public healthcare system that legally guarantees healthcare access to citizens without the condition of payment

Defines medicine as:

(a) Any drug or product designed to cure, manage or prevent a diagnosable mental or physical health condition

Establishes the World Healthcare Authority (WHA) that will provide or guarantee free healthcare services to all member-state citizens, funded by mandatory contributions from member states. The WHA will seek to complement existing public healthcare regimes, where a well-funded universal healthcare system already exists.

Declares that the WA will determine individual member-state contribution obligations based on these factors:

(a) The existence of a well-funded public healthcare system (where more than 7% of government spending is directed toward healthcare);
(b) The financial ability of the member-state to contribute to the WHA;
(c) Existing health expenditure as a % of GDP

Declares that

(a) The WHA will be prohibited from accepting monetary payments in exchange for healthcare services

(b) WHA services will not infringe on the ability of member-state governments or private health providers within member states to provide complementary healthcare services

(c) All forms of preventative and specialist healthcare will fall under WHA coverage

(d) the WHA will work in congruence with member-states to integrate WHA-funded and operated services into existing public healthcare systems, with funding prioritised toward nations with limited or non-existant public healthcare programs

(e the WHA will forbid WHA-owned and operated medical facilities to refuse access to treatment based on a lack of payment or a customer's identity

(f) the WHA will be prohibited from using funding to finance treatment explicitly designed to end a life, whilst maintaining funding for analgesic treatment that may have the secondary effect of shortening or ending a life.

(g) the WHA will run a suborganisation known as the World Healthcare Research Institute (WHRI), which will be funded by WHA funding and will conduct research into medical conditions with minimal survival rates,

Defines medical conditions with minimal survival rates as:

(a) any health condition that is considered terminal and/or has a death rate of over 95% within five years of diagnosis.

Establishes the International Pharmaceuticals Corporation (IPC) which will sell medicines at-cost wholesale to member-states and negotiate directly with pharmaceutical companies

The Associate Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs hurriedly walks into the room, sets down his briefcase, and begins reading from his briefcase. "While Canadianers will not be thoroughly critiquing this piece as they did last time, we have some glaring concerns that must be mentioned. First of all, the World Assembly simply does not have the power to 'decide' the contributions each Member Nation makes. This is because the World Assembly is a massive body, and to decide, another resolution would have to be passed through the General Assembly or the Security Council. The GA can only pass general resolutions affecting all nations rather than individual ones, and the SC only allows targeted resolutions to reach the floor, none of which would be able to influence mandatory contributions. Additionally, the funding needed to sustain such an organization is still astronomically expensive. You're attempting to give free healthcare to 15,000 nations, no matter their geographic remoteness, population, or GDP. Who funds this? Even the most robust economy only earns money from their citizens rather than the whole World Assembly. To be able to fund this, tax rates would have to skyrocket, and certain governments would have to most likely do budget cuts. These governments, even if the bill somehow became law, most likely wouldn't adopt it, (adoption is mandatory as of the GA reset). This would lead to the organization collapsing. Additionally, you have a whole resolution about the WHA and then out of nowhere, you talk about the IPC. Lastly, the bill now attempts to also delve into medical research into one minor field while creating an organization with a title making it sound like it should research about everything health-wise, rather than just "medical conditions with minimal survival rates". Canadianers, as stated in the previous critique we gave, dislikes resolutions with an overly grand scope. There are more preferential and minor critiques we have, but they would take too much time to delve into; these are purely the major ones. Canadianers would definitely vote AGAINST. The Associate Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs quickly grabs his paper, shoves it in his briefcase, and exits the room.

[Belgravica]

The World Assembly,

Declares that healthcare is a right fundamental to living a meaningful life

Declares that the goal of this act is universal healthcare across all nations

Believes that healthcare models solely reliant on private enterprise fail to provide affordable services and improve patient outcomes

Defines healthcare as:

(a) any treatment intended to cure, manage or prevent a diagnosable mental or physical health condition or;
(b) any treatment designed to mitigate the symptoms of an incurable medical condition or;
(c) any treatment designed to detect a diagnosable mental or physical health condition

Defines universal healthcare as:

(a) a public healthcare system that legally guarantees healthcare access to citizens without the condition of payment

Defines medicine as:

(a) Any drug or product designed to cure, manage or prevent a diagnosable mental or physical health condition

Establishes the World Healthcare Authority (WHA) that will provide or guarantee free healthcare services to all member-state citizens, funded by mandatory contributions from member states. The WHA will seek to complement existing public healthcare regimes, where a well-funded universal healthcare system already exists.

Declares that the WA will determine individual member-state contribution obligations based on these factors:

(a) The existence of a well-funded public healthcare system (where more than 7% of government spending is directed toward healthcare);
(b) The financial ability of the member-state to contribute to the WHA;
(c) Existing health expenditure as a % of GDP

Declares that

(a) The WHA will be prohibited from accepting monetary payments in exchange for healthcare services

(b) WHA services will not infringe on the ability of member-state governments or private health providers within member states to provide complementary healthcare services

(c) All forms of preventative and specialist healthcare will fall under WHA coverage

(d) the WHA will work in congruence with member-states to integrate WHA-funded and operated services into existing public healthcare systems, with funding prioritised toward nations with limited or non-existant public healthcare programs

(e the WHA will forbid WHA-owned and operated medical facilities to refuse access to treatment based on a lack of payment or a customer's identity

(f) the WHA will be prohibited from using funding to finance treatment explicitly designed to end a life, whilst maintaining funding for analgesic treatment that may have the secondary effect of shortening or ending a life.

(g) the WHA will run a suborganisation known as the World Healthcare Research Institute (WHRI), which will be funded by WHA funding and will conduct research into medical conditions with minimal survival rates,

Defines medical conditions with minimal survival rates as:

(a) any health condition that is considered terminal and/or has a death rate of over 95% within five years of diagnosis.

Establishes the International Pharmaceuticals Corporation (IPC) which will sell medicines at-cost wholesale to member-states and negotiate directly with pharmaceutical companies

The Associate Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs hurriedly walks into the room, sets down his briefcase, and begins reading from his briefcase. "While Canadianers will not be thoroughly critiquing this piece as they did last time, we have some glaring concerns that must be mentioned. First of all, the World Assembly simply does not have the power to 'decide' the contributions each Member Nation makes. This is because the World Assembly is a massive body, and to decide, another resolution would have to be passed through the General Assembly or the Security Council. The GA can only pass general resolutions affecting all nations rather than individual ones, and the SC only allows targeted resolutions to reach the floor, none of which would be able to influence mandatory contributions. Additionally, the funding needed to sustain such an organization is still astronomically expensive. You're attempting to give free healthcare to 15,000 nations, no matter their geographic remoteness, population, or GDP. Who funds this? Even the most robust economy only earns money from their citizens rather than the whole World Assembly. To be able to fund this, tax rates would have to skyrocket, and certain governments would have to most likely do budget cuts. These governments, even if the bill somehow became law, most likely wouldn't adopt it, (adoption is mandatory as of the GA reset). This would lead to the organization collapsing. Additionally, you have a whole resolution about the WHA and then out of nowhere, you talk about the IPC. Lastly, the bill now attempts to also delve into medical research into one minor field while creating an organization with a title making it sound like it should research about everything health-wise, rather than just "medical conditions with minimal survival rates". Canadianers, as stated in the previous critique we gave, dislikes resolutions with an overly grand scope. There are more preferential and minor critiques we have, but they would take too much time to delve into; these are purely the major ones. Canadianers would definitely vote AGAINST. The Associate Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs quickly grabs his paper, shoves it in his briefcase, and exits the room.

Canadiers has not properly read this bill. First of all, it clearly states in clause (d) that "the WHA will work in congruence with member-states to integrate WHA-funded and operated services into existing public healthcare systems". I.e the WHA will not be directly providing EVERY CITIZEN of EVERY STATE in the WA with free medical care (as you seem to be claiming). Instead, it will work to fund, construct and supplement existing healthcare systems, with the goal of every country maintaining a minimum standard of healthcare standards and affordability. Secondly, funding contributions in this bill are intentionally designed to be furthered negotiated on, and are simply intended to outline rather than explicitly define contributions. Contributions will be up for debate if this bill passes. Finally, the WHRI is INTENDED to be specific and well-defined. I accept your assertion that it is additional but that it will also be a useful addition to this bill, which is centered on healthcare. By all means, feel free to reject this bill or critique it more, this feedback has been very insightful to consider.

[Belgravica]

The World Assembly,

Declares that healthcare is a right fundamental to living a meaningful life,

Declares that this act's intention is to guarantee universal healthcare across all member nations, seeking to build on existing public healthcare infrastructure and creating WHA-owned health infrastructure where free public healthcare is currently unavailable,

Believes that healthcare models solely reliant on private enterprise fail to provide affordable services and improve patient outcomes,

Defines healthcare as:

(a) any treatment intended to cure, manage or prevent a diagnosable mental or physical health condition or;

(b) any treatment designed to mitigate the symptoms of an incurable medical condition or;

(c) any treatment designed to detect a diagnosable mental or physical health condition

Defines universal healthcare as:

(a) a public healthcare system that legally guarantees healthcare access to citizens without the condition of payment

Defines medicine as:

(a) Any drug or product designed to cure, manage or prevent a diagnosable mental or physical health condition

Establishes the World Healthcare Authority (WHA) that will provide or guarantee free healthcare services to all member-state citizens, funded by mandatory contributions from member states. The WHA will seek to complement existing public healthcare regimes, where a well-funded universal healthcare system already exists.

Declares that the WA will determine individual member-state contribution obligations based on these factors:

(a) The existence of a well-funded public healthcare system (where more than 7% of government spending is directed toward healthcare);

(b) The financial ability of the member-state to contribute to the WHA;

(c) Existing health expenditure as a % of GDP

Declares that:

(a) The WHA will be prohibited from accepting monetary payments in exchange for healthcare services


(b) WHA services will not infringe on the ability of member-state governments or private health providers within member states to provide complementary healthcare services

(c) All forms of preventative and specialist healthcare will fall under WHA coverage

(d) the WHA will work in congruence with member-states to integrate WHA-funded and operated services into existing public healthcare systems, with funding prioritised toward nations with limited or non-existant public healthcare programs

(e) the WHA will forbid WHA-owned and operated medical facilities to refuse access to treatment based on a lack of payment or a customer's identity

(f) the WHA will be prohibited from using funding to finance treatment explicitly designed to end a life, whilst maintaining funding for analgesic treatment that may have the secondary effect of shortening or ending a life.

(g) the WHA will run a suborganisation known as the World Healthcare Research Institute (WHRI), which will be funded by WHA funding and will conduct research into medical conditions with minimal survival rates,

Defines medical conditions with minimal survival rates as:

(a) any health condition that is considered terminal and/or has a death rate of over 95% within five years of diagnosis.

[Lipizia]

Against. South Poopistan made another draft that was better of this.

What would make this bill better?

I will reply tomorrow, I tried to reply but the "Submit" buttod mega crashed and while the battery finished.
And I'm too lazy to make the reply again here on the computer

[Lipizia]

Against. South Poopistan made another draft that was better of this.

What would make this bill better?

The World Assembly,

Acknowledges that healthcare is a right
that is fundamental to living a meaningful life

Acknowledges that healthcare models reliant on private enterprise routinely fail to provide affordable services and improve patient outcomes

Simply untrue.

Defines healthcare as:

(a) any treatment intended to cure, manage or prevent a diagnosable mental or physical health condition or

(b) any treatment designed to mitigate the symptoms of an incurable medical condition

Defines medicine as:

(a) Any drug or product designed to cure, manage or prevent a diagnosable mental or physical health condition

Establishes the World Healthcare Authority (WHA) that will provide free healthcare services to all Member-state citizens, funded by contributions from member states

World Socialism. Wow. Why should I fund healthcare for a state in war with me for example?

Declares that

(a) The WHA will be prohibited from accepting monetary payments in exchange for healthcare services

(b) WHA services will not infringe on the ability of member-state governments or private health providers within member states to provide complementary healthcare services

(c) All forms of preventative and specialist healthcare will fall under WHA coverage

Wait WHAT? A medic can't work for a private? Nor for the state but for THE WORLD?

(d) The WHA will aim to increase average global life expectancy above 80 years
Ahah. Good luck. Let's start ban alchol, tobacco, cannabis, even cars?!

(e) 5% of WHA funding will be spent on research on neurodegenerative illnesses such as motor neurone disease and kuru.

(f) the WHA will work in congruence with member-states to integrate WHA-funded and operated services into existing public healthcare systems, with funding prioritised toward nations with limited or non-existant public healthcare programs

(g) the WHA will forbid WHA-owned and operated medical facilities to refuse access to treatment based on a lack of payment or a customer's identity

(h) the WHA will be prohibited from using funding to finance treatment explicitly designed to end a life, whilst maintaining funding for analgesic treatment that may have the secondary effect of shortening or ending a life.
Establishes the World Assembly Vaccine Institute (WAVI), which will provide affordable vaccines to all member-state citizens

Establishes the International Pharmaceuticals Corporation (IPC) which will sell medicines at-cost wholesale to member-states and negotiate directly with pharmaceutical companies

Summing, your proposal Is a big violation of national sovereignity. Your proposal is also long if compared with the other I