SENATE RESOLUTION: Right to Life Amendment (At Final Vote)

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

AN AMENDMENT
to the Constitution of the Republic of Atlasia

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives, in Congress assembled:

Section 1 (Title)
i. The title of this Amendment shall be, the “Right to Life Amendment.” It may be cited by its ordinal number in order of ratification.

Section 2 (Right to Live Amendment)
i. The following shall be appended to Article I of the Constitution of the Republic of Atlasia as the next section thereof:

The right of citizens of the Republic of Atlasia to health care, including but not limited to care necessary to prevent and treat illness, shall not be denied.

This amendment to the Bill of Rights would establish the right of all Atlasians to health care, including care necessary to prevent and treat illness.

House of Representatives:
Passed the House of Representatives 6-3-0-0
X YE

People's Regional Senate

Sponsor: North Carolina Yankee
Senate Designation: SR22:15

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Same deal as before.

I motion to assume sponsorship. Senators have 24 hours to object.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

The sponsor motion has now carried, NC Yankee is now sponsor of this legislation.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

The sponsor now has 24 hours to commence an advocacy and other members have 48 hours to respond with their initial comments, questions and concerns.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

While I share some concerns about the scope of how this would be interpreted, it has been my opinion for some time that the best way to save money long term is to provide preventable care and that denying that care on the basis of upfront cost is going to be more costly as disease worsens, productivity is decreased and life is in some cases for lack of care.

I tend to agree with Thumb's interpretation in the House side in that regard though I would be open to amendment to the language if there are concerns in that regards. Historically, the court even while heavily left dominated has been very restrained in interpretation and I don't think it is practical for the court to be dictating the details of how an objective is achieved, just that it is achieved.

As for Atlascare, it does provide preventative care and any region that opts out has to ensure their is a provider that likewise provides said care. What could end up being required is that the formula be revised to expand subsidization because Atlascare operates like Medicare in that it charges premiums. Those premiums are then subsidized on the basis of age and income and there are substantial groups that receive a 100% subsidization level including the "Obamacare expanded Medicaid pool", those on CHIP.

Where the formula probably would need to be revised is to expand the 100% group to a higher level relative to poverty and then further slow the descent from there. But these were things that should already been done based on the realizations made when Encke was Deputy GM about just how steep the dropoff ended up being when graphed in a visual diagram, something that wasn't so apparent when just testing various case studies against a formula, which is what was done in 2017 to determine adequacy. Visuals are always better.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

13th Amendment inspired clause regarding Congressional enforcement.

AN AMENDMENT
to the Constitution of the Republic of Atlasia

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives, in Congress assembled:

Section 1 (Title)
i. The title of this Amendment shall be, the “Right to Life Amendment.” It may be cited by its ordinal number in order of ratification.

Section 2 (Right to Live Amendment)
i. The following shall be appended to Article I of the Constitution of the Republic of Atlasia as the next section thereof:

The right of citizens of the Republic of Atlasia to health care, including but not limited to care necessary to prevent and treat illness, shall not be denied.

ii.Congress shall have power and discretion of method to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

This amendment to the Bill of Rights would establish the right of all Atlasians to health care, including care necessary to prevent and treat illness. It also gives congress the authority to determine methods of enforcement.

House of Representatives:
Passed the House of Representatives 6-3-0-0
X YE

People's Regional Senate

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Senators have 24 hours to object to the amendment.

[Dr. MB]

no objections

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

My thanks to the senator for his advocacy; I urge the Senate to send this amendment to the regions with all due haste.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Okay the amendment is adopted.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I motion for a final vote, Senators have 24 hours to object.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

A Final vote is now open, Senators please vote Aye, Nay or Abstain.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

AYE

[Former President tack50]

Aye

[Pyro]

Aye

[Dr. MB]

Aye

[Devout Centrist]

Aye

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Gonna call 24 hours on vote changes simply in the hopes of saving an hour tomorrow morning.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Vote on Final Passage of the Right to Life Amendment:

Aye (5): Devout Centrist, MB, NC Yankee, Pyro and Tack50
Nay (0):
Abstain (0):

Didn't Vote (1): Ontario Progressive.

This has passed the Senate as amended and is sent to VP for House reconsideration as amended.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

AN AMENDMENT
to the Constitution of the Republic of Atlasia

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives, in Congress assembled:

Section 1 (Title)
i. The title of this Amendment shall be, the “Right to Life Amendment.” It may be cited by its ordinal number in order of ratification.

Section 2 (Right to Live Amendment)
i. The following shall be appended to Article I of the Constitution of the Republic of Atlasia as the next section thereof:

The right of citizens of the Republic of Atlasia to health care, including but not limited to care necessary to prevent and treat illness, shall not be denied.

ii.Congress shall have power and discretion of method to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

This amendment to the Bill of Rights would establish the right of all Atlasians to health care, including care necessary to prevent and treat illness. It also gives congress the authority to determine methods of enforcement.

House of Representatives:
Passed the House of Representatives 6-3-0-0
X YE

As Amended:
People's Regional Senate
Passed 5-0 in the Atlasian Senate Assembled,

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