EternalCare

### History

When the planetary revolution began in 2056, campaigner for supreme ruler Arya Bell promised revolutionaries that once he assumed the role of Emperor, a new universal healthcare system would be introduced at a reduced price for every citizen regardless of background. However, he refused to instate free healthcare because to him, such necessities needed to come at a price.

During the revolution healthcare was deemed to be one of the weaker points because Arya time and time again refused to back down and introduce free healthcare, this lost him much liberal support however conservatives still fully supported him. Moderates were torn in terms of healthcare but eventually Arya offered to reduce the price by 15% and that gained him moderate support.

### 2062-2070

When the revolution ended and Arya assumed the role of planetary Emperor in 2062, it was quite obvious that healthcare was not on the new emperors primary list. He instated the use of a temporary healthcare plan called UnifyHealth. In terms of public health 2062 was a terrible year because the price for 1 year of the UnifyHealth programme was a whopping $75,000.

The price was this high due to the terrible shape the economy was due to the revolution and the new emperor stated it had to be rebuilt somehow. However this wasn’t as bad as it sounded because all other healthcare companies such as eMedical and Obama Care were allowed to continue operating under usual prices but were required to provide the Imperial government 30% of their profit:

Unfortunately however, UnifyHealth was provided with most medical equipment and drugs and the salary for experienced doctors was far higher, so the quality difference was night and day. For ObamaCare a doctor salary was around $115,000. For UnifyHealth it boasted $160,000. Because of this many healthcare companies just went out of business.

By 2064 when the economy was somewhat afloat, the price for UnifyHealth decreased to $50,000 a year, still a very large price but many people decided to pay the large sum in order for superior quality healthcare. By this time the only challenger to UnifyHealth was eMedical which had over 400 million more customers, however that was all about to change.

In 2067, the Imperial Government introduced the Imperial-Corporation tax which required healthcare businesses to provide the imperial government with 75% of total commission. eMedical was forced to merge with UnifyHealth to survive.

By 2070, UnifyHealth was the largest healthcare programme with high quality technology.

### The Roaring 70s

2071 changed the entire world. With a new taxation strategy the imperial economy boomed and with the introduction of a new universal currency; Credits, 1$ would amount to 2 credits which meant everyone on the planet was at least 2x richer then what they had been before.

500,000 dollars became 1,000,000 credits. Because of this the imperial healthcare also became far better with healthcare expanded to every district in the world. It was renamed to EternalCare and the prices differed for each district

Capitol: 3,250,000¥/year

District 1: 1,500,000¥/year

District 2: 750,000¥/year

District 3: 500,000¥/year

District 4,6,7,8,9,10,11,12: 35,000¥/year

### Arabian Massacre

There was one district however which was not granted EternalCare. District 5, consisting of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Iraq and most other middle-eastern countries were deprived of the universal healthcare. This was due to the terrorist attack on the Emperor in 2063. District 5 had no official healthcare programme and because of this over 10,000,000 died a year due to I’ll health.

Eventually, the emperor was persuaded to expand EternalCare to District 5 so he did, kinda. He created a branch of EternalCare specifically for that district ironically called the predecessor of EternalCare, UnfiyHealth. The branch was quite strange to the entire population as it was free, and no tax payments needed to be name.

Many citizens weren’t pleased with the emperor asking why he was rewarding such a district with free healthcare, but what they didn’t understand was that the actual quality and quantity of the healthcare was scarce and horrendous. For one, there were only 3 branches in the entire district. Two in Saudi Arabia and one in Oman, meaning that you needed to travel most probably by plane to find one branch.

The quality of anaesthetics and medical drugs weren’t organic and sometimes even were expired. Doctors were paid only 35,000¥ compared to 780,000¥ of other districts. Doctors didn’t need to be experienced and received little to no training.

Campaigners in district 5 for the same quality healthcare as neighbouring districts were brutally suppressed, however the district 5 citizens found a way to gain access to EternalCare; illegally.

The United Arab Emirates which was bordering Saudi Arabia became a part of the Capitol due to its rich population and Arabian oligarchs who shared their wealth with imperials. The difference between developing District 5 and the Emirates was night and day, with tribes even viewing the border as the border to heaven.

District 5 citizens scrapped enough money to pay vendors to craft fake EternalCare IDs and an underground railway was created to sneak District 5 citizens into The Emirates since there was a militarised wall between the two districts. Many succeeded and were able to gain access to the healthcare. But it came at a terrible price.

To forge the fake IDs, the vendors were able to scam the citizens by linking their bank details to the fake ID, this meant the capital heslthcare price (3.5 million credits) would be taken from the card each year. 99% of District 5 citizens had less than 500,000 credits, let alone millions. This caused every citizens total balance to be transacted to the vendors and 56% of District 5 citizens didn’t have a single credit in their balance.

Imperial authorities became suspicious of how much money each citizen was losing and the ESB were able to find out about the railroad and fake EternalCare identification. By the order of the Supreme Imperial Court and the Emperor, all vendors who took part were executed on the Night of Blood and others who took part were immediately imprisoned.

Capitol citizens were outraged and called for the Emperor to execute the citizens who had took part but Arya came with a statement that put the people’s fear at ease

“I come with the same feelings of anger and hatred that you people share. How citizens of our unified empire could betray our amendments and attempt to overstep laid boundaries for everyones’s happiness and well-being. Your pleas for execution for the perpetrators will be formally denied, as per Imperial law and culture it is in-humane to put ourselves on the level of these radicals. However, I’d like to assure you that no compensation will be granted to the perpetrators involved, the millions lost by them will not be compensated by the Empire. It is their own problem and a punishment for their misdeeds. Moreover, as a further punishment, UnifyHealth will be disbanded effective immediately with an aim of private, paid healthcare to enter District 5. There will be no exceptions to this rule”

This meant that the millions of District 5 citizens who have lost all their money due to the vendor scam will not be compensated for their losses. A day after this announcement, 79% of District 5 citizens were evicted and forced to live on the street because they had little to no money. Credit card companies also has the right to arrest citizens due to not being able to pay back loans. The disbandment of UnifyHealth meant District 5 citizens needed to pay for healthcare.

By the next year life expectancy dropped to an all time low of 51. Until the 3000s District 5 was granted a wasteland and hub of crime and villainy. It became most people’s scary bedtime story and by 2100 98% were living on the street.

### Uncertain Era

EternalCare didn’t change relatively much (there were a few price drops in some districts) until 2130 when Emperor Arya died of Typhoid fever. With his son, Vitiate on the eternal throne, the future was uncertain but Vitiate wanted to show he wasn’t a simple clone of his father.

He decided to change something he thought would make the people love him, it did quite the opposite however. He promised the people complete equality and realised he needed to reintroduce EternalCare to district 5, so he did. He reinstated EternalCare with 10 branches and made it completely free.

It indeed made District 5 citizens approve and love the new Emperor but it has the opposite effect on the rest of the world. Most of the world viewed the District 5 citizens as animals and were horrified to find out such things were getting a deal better than them. Revolts across the Capitol started in 2139 complaining why they weren’t getting the same deal. Vitiate didn’t help the situation by staying in the Royal Palace and refusing to answer the peoples question.

People’s respect for the Empire dwindled. Unfortunately, this would be Vitiate’s biggest mistake. In 2143, a rumour circulated that Vitiate was in a relationship with not only a District 5 citizen but a Muslim, the rumour even stated that the emperor had converted to Islam. This terrified the people and assassination attempts were in the makings to ‘save the empire’ from such a man.

Vitiate did not leave the palace at all, and if he did it was to be at a very late time. He refused to withdraw EternalCare from District 5 and it was confirmed that he was indeed seduced by a Muslim who was apparently calling the shots. On the 29th January 2145 at 9:30 AM, Vitiate departed on a bullet-proof vehicle, reportedly to state hospital but once on a capitol high street, 30 lethal rounds of gunfire were exchanged by around 7 assassins, the car’s glass held up and the attempt looked failed, however out of nowhere, seconds later the car exploded killing the emperor instantly, citizens celebrated like mad.

### Mild Reforms

The very unpopular Vitiate was replaced with his beloved charming son, Arya II. The new emperor absolutely despised his father for many reasons including in his eyes betraying the people and amending the Imperial Declaration and on his inauguration he promised the dirty mistakes of his father would be reversed.

Only a month into his rein, Arya withdrew EternalCare from District 5 and increased the capitol price for healthcare to 5,000,000¥ a year. Arya II also imprisoned the Muslim woman who had seduced his father. The new emperor despised the District 5 dogs more than his grandfather and he did something unimaginable

Since Imperial troops were washed in District 5 and the terrosim caused many problems for the Empire, the emperor urged the Supreme Court to withdraw all imperial troops and equipment from District 5 effectively granting it anarchy and free rein for whoever was strongest. The empire wouldn’t interfere and to avoid the district ever integrating with society, a massive electric wall would cover the border. The Supreme Court agreed but due to overwhelming negative response from citizens, claiming the District 5 oil reserves were vital imperial occupation stayed.