Review the measures of the Affordable Care Act as a basis for your letter.
Craft a letter to one of your legislators. You may choose to write a letter to your State Senator or House Representative for your district. Keep your letters to legislators that are elected on the Federal level and serve you in Washington, DC. If you do not know who your local senator or representative is, check the Supplemental Resources for the legislator search link.
In your letter tell your legislator what you think may be effective mechanisms for controlling health care costs. You may wish to review the measures of the Affordable Care Act as a basis for your letter.
Point out at least one health cost control measure that you believe this legislator should advocate for in the next legislative year. (For example, you may want to advocate for expanding value-based purchasing, or eliminate utilization review procedures for Medicaid, or create disease registries to track chronic illnesses).
Your letter should include an introduction, body of one to two paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph. Write a letter that you would be proud to mail or email your legislator. Do use a letter template or letter format for this assignment.
Citations are not needed.
Review the information in the Supplemental Resources to find your own state legislator and to review information on how to write a professional letter.
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