1. So far, ten ACA provisions have been introduced. Indeed, this health reform legislation is wide-ranging, far-reaching, and complex. In studying the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, most people find a mix of provisions they like and provisions they don’t like. Of the ten provisions surveyed so far, which do you favor? Not favor? Why?
2. The past two years of sales at ACSR Inc. were 2 million units and 4 million units. Their forecast team used a two-period moving average to forecast its sales this year. But, the actual sales this year were for 4 million units. Now, the forecast team wants to use exponential smoothing with an alpha of .70. What is the forecast?