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| Repeal: “Freedom to Seek Medical Care”; Voting ends 19th November | |||
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| Topic Started: Nov 15 2017, 02:33:29 PM (154 Views) | |||
| Bai Lung | Nov 15 2017, 02:33:29 PM Post #1 | ||
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General Assembly Resolution #414 “Freedom to Seek Medical Care” (Category: Human Rights; Strength: Mild) shall be struck out and rendered null and void. Crediting GAR#414 with intending to provide access to medical care to millions by allowing what is known as "medical tourism", where individuals seek medical care abroad; Believing this goal to be, on the whole, an admirable one; Dismayed that the resolution, which allows member states to pass the cost of treatment onto medical tourists under Clause 5, fails to account for GAR#97, Quality in Health Services, which requires member states provide a certain level of health coverage for those who cannot afford it, free of cost; Distressed that the resolution makes no accommodation or provision for nations engaged in conflict with the home nation of the medical tourists, opening the home nation to threats of espionage and sabotage; Horrified that the resolution, under Clause 1, makes it impossible for member nations to prevent criminals, minors, military deserters, or those under current investigation from traveling abroad if they are seeking medical attention, and makes no provisions allowing member states to retrieve such individuals after they have received medical attention; Appalled that the resolution makes no attempt to reduce risks imposed by epidemics, threatening well-intended nations with the risk of being overwhelmed by infected nonresidents and being unable to appropriately quarantine them; Shocked at the blatant efforts to hamstring national jurisdiction under Clause 4 by making it illegal for a member state to subject medical tourists to penalties, even where such treatment is clearly illegal under the home nation's laws; Concerned at the blatant scrivner's error at the end of the first and fifth clause, which demonstrates a lack of attention and care by the author, in blatant disregard for the high standard of quality demanded by this Assembly; Believing that the members of the World Assembly deserve a resolution which protects their domestic interests instead of prioritizing those of nonresidents; Hereby repeals GAR#414, Freedom to Seek Medical Care. |
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| Bai Lung | Nov 15 2017, 02:34:03 PM Post #2 | ||
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More info here: https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=428290&sid=60946e4cbcdd6e2bf54519059dccf1e6 This resolution is now up for vote. Bai Lung will vote FOR. |
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| Drachen | Nov 15 2017, 03:55:31 PM Post #3 | ||
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Yare yare dawa...
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The original resolution had no business passing, and frankly, it's a bit of an embarrassment on the region that a majority of us supported it. An easy vote for. |
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| Bai Lung | Nov 22 2017, 04:42:03 PM Post #4 | ||
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Repeal "Freedom to Seek Medical Care" was passed 14,161 votes to 3,093. | ||
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