In exchange, they voted to use federal money to help build the railroad.
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After all, Mr Thaksin's main measure to help the exchange, which urgently needs much better supervision and tighter disclosure rules, has been to propose putting Thailand's clocks forward an hour, to match those in Hong Kong and Singapore.
The ACA intended for everyone with incomes below 138 percent of the poverty line to qualify for expanded Medicaid, and for everyone else up to 400 percent of poverty to be eligible for subsidies to help defray exchange plan premiums.