21. He gave no details on the agreements and it was unclear whether the Chinese committed fixed sums of aid or investment. 22. Under the nation's 1996 welfare overhaul, the federal government provides each state a fixed sum to run its own welfare program. 23. They may discover Medicare, which currently pays for unlimited amounts of many kinds of care, will pay only a fixed sum . 24. Moon said the government has been overpaying managed-care plans, which charge a fixed sum regardless of whether the beneficiaries use the services. 25. The history of the subsidy is instructive as regards its tendency to become inelastic over time, approximating to a fixed sum only. 26. In a defined-contribution plan, a fixed contribution ( percentage of total paycheck or a fixed sum ) is made per pay period. 27. In the European Union, and in almost all industrialized nations, a small, fixed sum of ticket prices is used for this aim, 28. To meet employees'cultural needs, a hall and a library were built with Henry Disston agreeing to pay a fixed sum towards its maintenance. 29. Park visitors will buy cards denominated in fixed sums at specified points of sale, then pass them through electronic card readers when indicated. 30. In its place, the state would put a block-grant system, under which counties would receive fixed sums of money with fewer strings attached.
