The phrase "a program to pay" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a specific initiative or system designed to provide financial compensation or support.
Example: "The government has launched a program to pay for the education of underprivileged children."
Alternatives: "a scheme to fund" or "an initiative to compensate".
ProPublica just announced a program to pay for investigative reporters in local newsrooms across the country.
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service even has a program to pay money to people who inform on others who have failed to pay the tax they owe.
The money financed a vote-buying scheme disguised as a program to pay people $50 each to transport, or haul, voters to the polls, the prosecutors contend.
What started as only a program to pay for prescription drugs for the elderly has now turned into a large step toward re-engineering Medicare itself.
In 2000, Congress approved a program to pay those sickened from exposure $150,000 each and to help with their medical bills.
He negotiated with neighboring towns to buy water and accelerated a program to pay local farmers to fallow their fields so the city could lease their water rights.
Even so, his new budget adds $15 million to a $171-million-a-year program to pay for the cost to universities of supporting federally funded research ( Science, 27 October 2000, p. 687).
That program, Safe City Safe Streets, instituted in 1991, was Mayor Dinkins's answer to the rising crime rate and, in conjunction with a federal program to pay for police officers, prompted a steadily swelling force for several years.
Those going on Medicare after 2022 would have to choose between "premium support" — in other words, a voucher program — to pay for private health care coverage or an option to enroll in a program similar to existing Medicare but without specified funding levels — which means an end to the guaranteed medical coverage currently provided for those over 65.
Three unions representing workers at Saab have sought the company's bankruptcy to activate a state program to pay wages.
Mr. Fiqi also announced a new program to pay rebels to switch sides and buy their guns are market prices.
