Credits in education and health care vouchers will help working families shop for services that they need.

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The national sales tax would raise money for universal health care vouchers and educational benefits for training doctors and nurses.

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His speech, unlike Mr Blair's, acknowledged the unions and described vouchers and health care charges as dangerous American imports that would undermine the National Health Service (NHS).

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Meanwhile, compromises have been sought, with some states indicating they might be open to extending Medicaid to newly eligible groups, including working-age adults with no children, up to 100% of the poverty line if those with incomes up to 138% of poverty line could instead be served using tax credits or vouchers through the health-care exchanges to be created by the new law.

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However, it does make it very clear that the effects of food stamps (SNAP), housing subsidies (Section 8 vouchers for example) and Medicaid (health care for the poor) are not included.

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Health insurance vouchers would free the poor from this Medicaid ghetto, enabling them to obtain the same health care as the middle class, because they would be able to buy the same health insurance in the market.

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