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· Briefly discuss one of the major financial challenges of health care reform (e.g., cost, quality, access, equitable care, insurance coverage, value-based care, affordability of medications, workforce challenges, etc.). Include your rationale for why you chose that challenge.

· Identify at least one U.S. law that has impacted this financial challenge. Include your rationale for why you identified the law.

· Examples include, but are not limited to, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark Law, Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), Patient Protections and Affordable Care Act (PPACA or ACA). There are additional examples in Chapter 2 of the course textbook.

*APA Formatting

*200 Words