Select a health care organization with which you work or are familiar.

Download the report "Options for Reducing the Deficit: 2017 to 2026" from the Congressional Budget Office website.

Read Ch. 5 of the report.

Select one of the health options listed.

Assume you are the chief operating officer responsible for managing all operations of your selected health care organization.

Write a 750- to 1,000-word letter to the editor of a professional organization for its website, written for distribution to its membership, which includes your peers.

Include the following in your letter:

• A summary of your chosen specific option and why it is relevant for your organization
• Why you are writing to this specific professional organization
• The impact of your selected option on your facility and similar facility types
• A summary of the proposed changes you intend to make to your organization or service that may help to decrease the negative impact that this proposed rule will likely have.