Ministry of Health and Education Policy Reviews

Cabinet Secretary's Note - Below are the department's assessments for various proposed government policies. I have included our existing policies for comparison. Some policies will be harder to implement than others, and that is reflected in the 'political cost'; that is, the amount of political will there is to see it through. This amount will be deducted from the Political Capital available to the General Assembly as listed in the most recent annual report. Costings are correct as of the tabling of this review, but may vary from changes to population, wages, or national circumstances.

Abortion Policy
Political Cost: Lower to Total Ban 11, Raise to Limited Circumstances 16, Raise to Two Doctor Approval or At Will 31 Cost Range: N/A Decreasing will
 * Increase: Religious Opinion, Conservative Opinion, Population Growth
 * Decrease: Liberal Opinion, Liberal Identity, Gender Equality

Increasing will
 * Increase: Liberal Opinion, Liberal Identity, Gender Equality
 * Decrease: Religious Opinion, Conservative Opinion, Population Growth

Executive Term Lengths
Political Cost: Raise from 3 to 4 years 35, Raise greater than 4 #! Cost Range: N/A Increasing will
 * Decrease: Liberal Opinion, Democratic Values

Executive Term Limits
Political Cost: Raise from 2 to 3 terms 34, Raise grater than 3 #! Cost Range: N/A Increasing will
 * Decrease: Liberal Opinion, Democratic Values

Secular/Religious Schooling Policy
Political Cost: Lower to Science Preference 13, Lower to Religious Preference or Fundamentalist Education 25, Raise to Atheistic Preference 18, Raise to Anti-theistic 36 Cost Range: N/A Decreasing will
 * Increase: Religious Opinion, Religious Identity, Technological Backwater Crisis
 * Decrease: Liberal Opinion, Liberal Identity

Increasing will
 * Increase: Liberal Opinion, Liberal Identity
 * Decrease: Religious Opinion, Religious Identity, Technological Backwater Crisis

Selective Schooling Policy
Political Cost: Lower to No Selectivity 3, Raise to Encouraged Separation 6, Raise to Dedicated Gifted and Remedial Schools or/and Transfer Funding to Gifted Schools 12 Cost Range: N/A Decreasing will
 * Increase: Liberal Opinion, Socialist Opinion, Equality, Socialist Identity
 * Decrease: Conservative Opinion, Capitalist Opinion, Educational Attainment

Increasing will
 * Increase: Conservative Opinion, Capitalist Opinion, Educational Attainment
 * Decrease: Liberal Opinion, Socialist Opinion, Equality, Socialist Identity

State School Funding
Political Cost: Lower to ₣1.1B to ₣2.8B 13, Raise to ₣5.2B to ₣6.9B 11, Raise Above ₣7B 21 Public Schooling can be Cancelled Entirely for 18 Political Capital Cost Range: ₣1,170M to ₣12,700M Decreasing will
 * Increase: Poverty, Unemployment, Capitalist Opinion
 * Decrease: Poor Opinion, Socialist Opinion, Educational Attainment, State Employee Identity

Increasing will
 * Increase: Poor Opinion, Socialist Opinion, Educational Attainment, State Employee Identity, State Employee Income, Socialist Identity, Parent Identity
 * Decrease: Poverty, Unemployment, Capitalist Opinion

State Science Funding
Political Cost: Lower to No Selectivity 3, Raise to Encouraged Separation 6, Raise to Dedicated Gifted and Remedial Schools or/and Transfer Funding to Gifted Schools 12 Cost Range: N/A Decreasing will
 * Increase: Liberal Opinion, Socialist Opinion, Equality, Socialist Identity
 * Decrease: Conservative Opinion, Capitalist Opinion, Educational Attainment

Increasing will
 * Increase: Conservative Opinion, Capitalist Opinion, Educational Attainment
 * Decrease: Liberal Opinion, Socialist Opinion, Equality, Socialist Identity

Anti-Littering Media Campaign
Political Cost: Implement 2 Cost Range: Up to ₣56M Implementing will
 * Increase: Environmentalist Opinion, Environmentalist Identity
 * Decrease: Environmental Pollution

Anti-Racism Media Campaign
Political Cost: Implement 8 Cost Range: Up to ₣49M Implementing will
 * Increase: Liberals Opinion
 * Decrease: Racial Tension

Arts and Culture Subsidies
Political Cost: Implement 13 Cost Range: Up to ₣184M Implementing will
 * Increase: Liberal Opinion, Diplomatic Reputation, Tourism, Educational Attainment, Liberal Identity
 * Decrease: Unemployment, Capitalist Opinion

Ban Tobacco
Political Cost: Implement 20 Cost Implementing will


 * Increase: Organised Crime
 * Decrease: Liberal Opinion, Liberal Identity, Tobacco Usage

Ban Alcohol
Political Cost: 30 Cost Range: ₣10M to ₣30M Implementing will


 * Increase: Organised Crime
 * Decrease: Liberal Opinion, Tourism, Alcohol Consumption, Liberal Identity

Ban Minority Religious Services
Political Cost: Implement 30 Cost Range: N/A Implementing will
 * Increase: Religious Opinion, Racial Tension
 * Decrease: Liberal Opinion, Ethnic Minority Opinion, Immigration

Ban Private Education
Political Cost: Implement 32 Cost Range: N/A Implementing will
 * Increase: Socialist Opinion, Socialist Identity, Equality
 * Decrease: Private School Access, Class Riot Crisis, Capitalist Opinion, Wealthy Opinion

Ban Private Healthcare Providers
Political Cost: Implement 32 Cost Range: N/A Implementing will
 * Increase: Socialist Opinion, Socialist Identity, Equality
 * Decrease: Private Health Access, Capitalist Opinion, Wealthy Opinion

Build Desalination Water Facilities
Political Cost: Implement 6 Cost Range: Up to ₣425M Implementing will
 * Increase: Water Access
 * Decrease: Energy Efficiency

Civil Liberty Organisation Subsidies
Political Cost: Implement 2 Cost Range: Up to ₣62M Implementing will
 * Increase: Liberal Identity

Climate Change Adaptation Funding
Political Cost: Implement 15 Cost Range: ₣2,150M to ₣7,500M Implementing will
 * Increase: Environmentalist Opinion, Environmentalist Identity, Farmer Opinion, Farmer Income
 * Decrease: Unemployment

Compulsory Nutrition and Ingredient Labelling
Political Cost: Implement 11 Cost Range: Up to ₣74M Implementing will
 * Increase: National Health, Vegetarianism
 * Decrease: Capitalist Opinion, GDP

CO2 Reduction Media Campaign
Political Cost: Implement 6 Cost Range: Up to ₣50M Implementing will
 * Increase: Environmentalist Opinion, Environmentalist Identity, Vegetarianism
 * Decrease: CO2 Emissions, Car Usage

Compulsory Foreign Language Student Education
Political Cost: Implement 5 Cost Range: Up to ₣40M Implementing will
 * Increase: International Trade, Diplomatic Reputation, Educational Attainment, Foreign Investment, Tourism
 * Decrease: Racial Tension

Compulsory Foreign Language Adult Education
Political Cost: Implement 24 Cost Range: Up to ₣130M Implementing will
 * Increase: Educational Attainment, Diplomatic Reputation, International Trade, Immigration
 * Decrease: Racial Tension, Patriot Opinion

Compulsory School Physical Education
Political Cost: Implement 4 Cost Range: Up to ₣62M Implementing will
 * Increase: National Health
 * Decrease: Youth Opinion

Cyber-Bullying Awareness Media Campaign
Political Cost: Implement 2 Cost Range: Up to ₣50M Implementing will
 * Increase: Parent Opinion, Youth Opinion

Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Systems
Political Cost: Implement 8 Cost Range: Up to ₣50M Implementing will
 * Increase: National Health
 * Decrease: Narcotics Crisis

Enforced Daily Media Broadcast of National Anthem
Political Cost: Implement 18 Cost Range: N/A Implementing will
 * Increase: Patriot Opinion, Patriot Identity
 * Decrease: Diplomatic Reputation

Enforced Political Military Religious Oath
Political Cost: Implement 28 Cost Range: N/A Implementing will
 * Increase: Religious Opinion, Racial Tension, Religious Identity
 * Decrease: Liberal Opinion, Diplomatic Reputation

Enforced Student Participation in the National Anthem
Political Cost: Implement 20 Cost Range: N/A Implementing will
 * Increase: Patriot Opinion, Patriot Identity
 * Decrease: Youth Opinion

Extend Emergency Powers
Political Cost: N/A (Emergency Powers are enabled by the World Assembly until further notice) Cost Range: N/A Implementing will
 * Increase: Political Capital

Food and Drug Standards Agency
Political Cost: Implement 7 Cost Range: Up to ₣45M Implementing will
 * Increase: Liberal Opinion, National Health, Food Price Crisis, Vegetarianism
 * Decrease: Farmer Opinion, Disease Epidemic Crisis

Free School Meals
Political Cost: Implement 10 Cost Range: ₣250M to ₣400M Implementing will
 * Increase: Poor Opinion, National Health, Socialist Opinion, Parent Opinion, Parent Identity, Poor Income
 * Decrease: Poverty

Free Student Sight Testing
Political Cost: Implement 8 Cost Range: Up to ₣75M Implementing will
 * Increase: Poor Opinion, Socialist Opinion, Poor Income, Retired Opinion, National Health
 * Decrease: Capitalist Opinion, Poverty

Free Parenting Seminars
Political Cost: Implement 3 Cost Range: Up to ₣140M Implementing will
 * Increase: Parent Opinion, Parent Identity, Population Growth, Gender Equality

Health Foods Media Campaign
Political Cost: Implement 2 Cost Range: Up to ₣60M Implementing will
 * Increase: National Health, Vegetarianism

Human Cloning Research Grants
Political Cost: Implement 20 Cost Range: ₣280M to ₣3,600M Implementing will
 * Increase: Wealthy Opinion, Technological Innovation
 * Decrease: Religious Opinion, Conservative Opinion, National Health

Introduce Compulsory Water Metering
Political Cost: Implement 6 Cost Range: Up to ₣350M Implementing will
 * Increase: Environmentalist Opinion
 * Decrease: Environmental Pollution

National Postal Service
Political Cost: Implement 12 Cost Range: Up to ₣230M Implementing will
 * Increase: Socialist Opinion, Socialist Identity, Worker Productivity, State Employee Identity
 * Decrease: Unemployment, Capitalist Opinion

Organ Donation Policy
Political Cost: Implement 13 Cost Range: ₣6M Implementing will
 * Increase: National Health, Age Expectancy
 * Decrease: Religious Opinion

Private Healthcare Voucher-Funds Program
Political Cost: Implement 13 Cost Range: ₣1,350M to ₣24,250M Implementing will
 * Increase: Equality, Private Healthcare Access, Average Income
 * Decrease: Socialist Identity, Poverty

Private Education Voucher-Funds Program
Political Cost: Implement 9 Cost Range: ₣400M to ₣13,500M Implementing will
 * Increase: Private School Access, Equality, Average Income
 * Decrease: Poverty, Socialist Identity

Public Vocational and Technology Colleges
Political Cost: Implement 10 Cost Range: ₣150M to ₣850M Implementing will
 * Increase: Educational Attainment, Technological Innovation, State Employee Opinion, State Employee Identity

Public University Funding
Political Cost: Implement 13 Cost Range: ₣125M to ₣1,650M Implementing will
 * Increase: Educational Attainment, State Employee Opinion, Parent Opinion, Youth Opinion, Youth Income, Socialist Identity, State Employee Identity
 * Decrease: Unemployment, Inter-Generational Wealth Gap

Reforestation Programs
Political Cost: Implement 7 Cost Range: Up to ₣320M Implementing will
 * Increase: Environmentalist Opinion
 * Decrease: CO2 Emissions, Environmental Pollution, Unemployment, Asthma Crisis

Religious Private School Subsidies
Political Cost: Implement 45 Cost Range: ₣112 to ₣725M Implementing will
 * Increase: Religious Opinion, Educational Attainment, Religious Identity, Racial Tension, Religious Income
 * Decrease: Liberal Identity

School Prayer Policy
Political Cost: Implement 22 Cost Range: N/A Implementing will
 * Increase: Religious Opinion, Religious Identity, Racial Tension
 * Decrease: Liberal Identity

State Broadcasting Corporation
Political Cost: Implement 12 Cost Range: ₣85M to ₣800M Implementing will
 * Increase: Socialist Opinion, Educational Attainment, Diplomatic Reputation
 * Decrease: Capitalist Opinion, Unemployment, Political Extremism Crisis, Fake News Crisis, Media Monopoly Crisis

State Funding for Public Libraries
Political Cost: Implement 10 Cost Range: Up to ₣500M Implementing will
 * Increase: Educational Attainment, Equality, Retired Opinion

State Funding of Religious Radio Broadcasting
Political Cost: Implement 16 Cost Range: Up to ₣70M Implementing will
 * Increase: Religious Identity, Religious Opinion, Racial Tension
 * Decrease: Liberal Opinion

State Water Utility
Political Cost: Implement 11 Cost Range: Up to ₣2,150M [Income Range[/i]: Up to ₣215M Implementing will
 * Increase: Trade Unionist Opinion, Trade Unionist Identity, Socialist Identity, State Employee Identity, Government Corruption
 * Decrease: Private Water Industry, Poverty, Unemployment, Capitalist Opinion

Stem Cell Research Grants
Political Cost: Implement 45 Cost Range: Up to ₣200M Implementing will
 * Increase: National Health, Technological Innovation
 * Decrease: Religious Opinion, Conservative Opinion, Technology Backwater Crisis

Universal Public Healthcare System
Political Cost: Implement 38 Cost Range: Up to ₣25,700M Income Range: Up to ₣2,290M Implementing will
 * Increase: Poor Opinion, Socialist Opinion, National Health, Retired Opinion, State Employee Opinion, State Employee Identity, State Employee Income, Socialist Identity
 * Decrease: Unemployment, Capitalist Opinion, Wealthy Opinion, Private Healthcare Access, Hospital Overcrowding Crisis, Narcotic Abuse Crisis, Epidemic Disease Crisis

Workforce Retraining and Education Subsidies
Political Cost: Implement 12 Cost Range: ₣100M to ₣350M Implementing will
 * Increase: Educational Attainment, Worker Productivity

Youth Government and Politics Council Grants
Political Cost: Implement 2 Cost Range: Up to ₣75M Implementing will
 * Increase: Youth Opinion

Youth Special Interest Club Grants
Political Cost: Implement 9 Cost Range: Up to ₣140M Implementing will
 * Increase: Parent Opinion, Socialist Opinion, Youth Opinion, Youth Income
 * Decrease: Petty Crime, Street Gang Crisis, Antisocial Behaviour Crisis