1. Describe in your own words the impact advances in technology and improvements in medical education had on the growth of U.S. hospitals and healthcare services from 1920 to the current period. (Chapter 2) Include references to:

The Baylor Plan (healthcare insurance as a benefit of employment)

The Hill-Burton Act (hospital construction in the U.S.)

Medicare Title XVIII and Medicaid Title XIX (differences between the two programs)

TEFRA (the change in hospital inpatient reimbursement)

The Affordable Care Act (merging the House bill with the Senate bill)

2. Describe in your own words the major stakeholders in the U.S. Health Care Industry