[who_would_fardels_bear]

Sounds similar to the various state "Boards of Equalization" that make sure that every school district, no matter how poorly run and no matter what they collect in property taxes, gets the same amount of money.

Equality before fairness.

[scrabblehack]

College Work Study has been run this way for years. Colleges can offer the same grant to two or more different students, knowing full well that only one of them will be able to find a job. They can claim that 99% of the students who apply for aid are awarded aid.

Just as coverage is not the same thing as care, so is being awarded aid not the same thing as receiving aid.