The Medicare buy-in proposal is one element of a multi-pronged strategy a group of 10 moderate and liberal Democrats are developing in a complicated effort to secure the votes needed to pass the health legislation.

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The supervisory teachers form a special element of the team, accompanying the students throughout the programme, organising the group activities and holding one-to-one meetings to provide a sufficient level of support to the students.

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