Word: voucherization
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...Besides, 10,000 rubles is not a lot of money these days. "We cannot give more than we have," says Yeltsin. But any Russian who decides not to invest directly can sell the voucher for cash or exchange it for shares in one of the mutual funds that the government and private companies plan...
Under the Bush plan, families below the poverty line could receive either a voucher or a credit subtracted from their tax bill. Families with a total yearly income of less than $70,000 would be able to deduct up to $3750 of taxable income for health care or unreimbursed medical bills...
...Offers one flight voucher for a roundtrip U.S. Air flight. Discounted cost will be either $129 or $189, depending on whether the Mississippi River is crossed...
Klaus has so far rejected them. His current goal is faster privatization. A novel feature of the program is the public sale of $37 voucher booklets containing l,000 investment points redeemable for the stock of state-owned companies. Seven million citizens have invested in the booklets, the bulk of them since late December, when a company called Harvard Capital & Consulting promised a 10-fold increase within a year to citizens who would deposit the booklets with HC&C and let it choose which firms to buy into. The promotion spawned hundreds of imitators and boosted sales, but the privatization...
...Jerry Brown would say, there's certain unreality here. Bush goes to great lengths to expand the options for uninsured Americans but does little to help keep down costs. He aims to reduce the "paperwork blizzard" of health care administration but adds another layer of bureaucracy through the voucher system. He triumphs choice of doctor but advocates HMOs...