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Paper instructions:

Major historical developments and prior efforts at health system reform (and policy change) have changed the organization, financing, or delivery of care over the past century.  Identify the major challenges that the post-Flexner health system has faced, highlight key reform initiatives and their impacts, and provide your assessment of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and its likely long-term, sustainable impacts.  Are there major challenges or problems left unaddressed?  What are likely to be the most substantive impacts of the ACA?  Provide ideas for policy innovation or health system change (that are not addressed in the ACA) that you’d like to see in the coming years.

Please limit the response to no more than 3 or 4 pages (single space, one-inch margins), and ensure that each page has your full name and page number in the header.  It is my expectation that your answers will ‘go beyond the obvious’ and reflect considerable thought and analysis.    Your work will be graded based on (1) demonstration or reflection of your understanding of our health care system and the content of the course, (2) analysis of and insight into the complexities of the issues you are addressing, and (3) the quality and clarity of your writing.