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Assignment:

Reforms and Improvements

• Describe two potential reforms and improvements currently being debated at either the local, state, or federal level. Provide your rationale as to what you believe the impact will be on the U.S. health care system if the reform passes. Examples could include any of the following:
• Federal modifications (e.g., antitrust reforms, Children's Health Insurance Program [CHIP], Health Savings Account [HSA] or Health Reimbursement Account [HRA], Medicare reform, Medicaid expansion, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act [PPACA] repeal or expansion, pharmaceutical regulations, development of a universal system, veterans' health care, crossing borders for health care, clinical trial research, technological advances, etc.)
• State modifications (e.g., Medicaid reform, income tax credits, adoption of state-level universal health care, etc.).
• Increased consumer controls (e.g., patient-centered care, provider choice, complementary and alternative care choices, activism for changes at the state and federal level, etc.)
• Reimbursement changes (Medicare, Medicaid, managed care plans, traditional insurance plans, etc.).

This needs to be CURRENT reforms and improvements. Please provide sources of where you received information.