Legislative Bill · Fjordheim
Passed

People's Healthcare And Public Services Act of 2023

Proposed by Movement For Socialism · fronted by Freja Aas
Passing
in the Nordting
Opened
29 Oct 2023
Voting closes
28 Dec 2023
Chambers
1 legislature
Articles
5 changes

Rationale

These reforms ensure universal access to essential services, reduce inequality, and prioritize public welfare over private profit, creating a fairer, healthier, and more connected society.

Proposed Changes

1

Healthcare for Non-Citizens
Previous law
Emergency treatment only, billed afterwards
Full access to public healthcare regardless of status

2

Broadband & Digital Access
Previous law
Subsidies for rural and hard-to-reach areas
State-owned national broadband network

3

Prescription Drug Pricing
Previous law
Voluntary pricing agreements with industry
Statutory price caps on all medicines

4

Public Transport Policy
Previous law
Mixed transport with subsidized public transit
Public transport priority (car restrictions in city centres; free transit)

5

Social Housing
Previous law
Small stock for the most vulnerable; right-to-buy for tenants
The state is the majority landlord; rents set to income

Timeline

  • Draft
    29 October 2023


  • Vote Open
    29 October 2023


  • Vote Closed
    28 December 2023


  • Became Law
    28 December 2023

Vote tally

Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.

Nordting

Passed
21Yes 11No 3Not voted 35 seats

For: 21 / 35 seats (60.0%)

Against: 11 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 3

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 65.6%)
Party Seats Vote
A Better Fjordheim 8 No
ASTER 7 Yes
Democratic Liberal Platform 3 No
Movement For Socialism Proposer 14 Yes
Socialist Union Of Workers 0 Yes

Voting record

Every vote must state a public reason. Most recent first.

“ABF supports strong public services and a welfare system that protects those in need, but this bill goes far beyond that balance. State control of broadband, blanket medicine price controls and making government the majority landlord would unnecessarily replace private ownership and competition. We also believe Fjordheim’s welfare system must prioritise our own people rather than guarantee full healthcare regardless of status. Public services should be strong, affordable and accessible without turning the state into the dominant provider across the economy.”

ASTER
Voted Nov. 1, 2023
Yes

“Two of these articles mirror something we were already planning to propose ourselves — healthcare for every resident regardless of status, and capped medicine prices. The rest moves in the same direction: broadband, transit, and housing treated as things people need, not products they compete for. None of it asks ASTER to give up anything we believe. Reciprocal support matters in a coalition, and this bill earns it on substance as well as on principle. ASTER votes Yes.”

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Socialist Union Of Workers
Voted Oct. 30, 2023
Yes

“We support this proposal”

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