To stop this, President Jackson ordered gold or silver payments only for government land.

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These rules however, apply to cash payments only, and not to stock-linked compensation.

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As a result, electronic payments are only a small share of all payments (see chart).

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Unlike the earlier roadmap, the payments would only flow to government-approved coverage options.

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