The Standing Committee provided unlimited, universal medical insurance for all Bottle-Born free citizens. If you asked a Natural, he or she would tell you it was a “Guilt Tax”, a charge for the sin of existence. At least one seat on the Standing Committee went to someone who traded on the injustice of such a tax and received an angry vote in return. This way, everyone got something, despite the awkward reality of it all.
Every new Public Service employee was offered an opportunity to join the scheme—education and housing benefits in addition to priority access via the medical insurance deal. A good deal on the face of it, basic education at all levels was free, enhanced education was expensive. Sometimes you had to wait months for medical treatment with regular insurance, months that coul
