Taken together, the Fund's overhaul and the G20's expanded powers mark an important shift in international macroeconomic policy.

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Its aim was to control costs by injecting more competition into the system, and to overhaul financing by introducing a central health fund.

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One idea to pay for the infrastructure overhaul is to establish a clean water trust fund.

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The conflict-of-interest-ridden mutual fund regulatory scheme needs a complete overhaul.

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Critics, including many Republicans, say the cuts are being used to fund other aspects of the health-care overhaul and should be redirected specifically into the Medicare program to improve its solvency.

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While she said she could only make a final determination about her top priorities after officially taking the job, she indicated that she would quickly push to implement the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, or JOBS Act, a law passed last year by Congress to help fund small businesses, as well as outstanding rules under the Dodd-Frank financial overhaul.

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