Assignment 1

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires all US citizens and legal residents to obtain qualifying health coverage. In this week, you will explore the Individual Mandate section of the new health reform law.

• Explain the Individual Mandate included in the Patient Protection and ACA including the tax penalties that will be imposed if a person or a family does not obtain qualifying health coverage.

• Analyze the eligibility criteria for exemptions and subsidies to obtain coverage.

• Explain at least three different policy changes or enhancements you would recommend if you were required to ensure success of the Individual Mandate included in the Patient Protection and ACA

• Justify the intended outcomes of policy recommendations in the short-and long-term.

Resource:

Mach, A.L. (2015, May 13). Individual mandate under the ACA.

cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.

Submission Details:

• Your assignment should be addressed in an 8 page document.

Assignment 2

For the course project this unit, you will assess the recent acquisitions of GE. Use print and online sources to collect information on GE's recent acquisitions. Be sure to check the reliability of your sources and demonstrate good information literacy.

Begin your paper by identifying two of GE's recent acquisitions and summarizing the key details of each.

Next, address the following two topics with respect to each acquisition:

• Which of the reasons (if any) for acquisitions discussed in this unit's readings was used as the logic by GE in justifying the acquisition?

Explain your answer and support it with research, rationale, and appropriate examples.

• Which of the sources of integration difficulties discussed in this unit's readings seem to be of concern in this acquisition? Explain your answer and support it with research, rationale, and appropriate examples.

Finally, summarize two or three important takeaways from your research into GE's acquisitions. In essence, what did you learn and what strategic development and implementation lessons might you apply?

Submission Details

• Present your analysis as a 3 report in a Microsoft Word document formatted in APA style