Word: overhauled
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...population of 23 million. It ended food rationing, provided enough power to allow citizens to turn up the heat in their houses and apartments, and made it illegal to refuse medical treatment to the elderly, a policy Ceausescu had enforced to keep the population young. No total overhaul of the economy would be undertaken until after elections, but the caretakers canceled food exports and took steps to improve distribution and relieve widespread shortages...