61. These plans would receive fixed payments for the medical coverage of their members, and as a result would have a vested interest in providing them with preventive care. 62. This method is suitable for fixed payments like those on a loan, but risky for bills that fluctuate and may contain errors or unauthorized charges. 63. This will put a lid on concerns inflation might pick up and erode the value of fixed payments on bonds. 64. Turn federal program that rewarded states for spending more on welfare into a set of state-run welfare programs with fixed annual federal payments. 65. U.S. bonds fell in Asia amid concern the American economy is expanding quickly enough to fan inflation, which erodes the value of fixed payments on bonds. 66. Under the plan, farmers who normally enroll in farm programs would contract with the Agriculture Department for fixed payments each year for seven years. 67. Under the proposed legislation, the government would replace these programs with fixed payments that would gradually decline over seven years, and it would end planting restrictions. 68. Under their plan, forest counties would get a fixed payment for the next five years while the government works with local communities to develop a permanent solution. 69. When the worker retired, money in the account would be used to buy an annuity, a financial vehicle that gives a fixed payment annually until death. |