If we had to start with one thing, I would go to structure more than process. I see deemed as just symptomatic of failure: I can't do this, I give up. If you change the structure and you go to an activity-based...that becomes the control gate. I think you actually bring in a lot of simplification overall. It won't be an easy job, but again, in terms of making that change, it would need to be studied. Other countries are already doing this. You can speak to the Australians. You can speak to New Zealanders. You can speak to South Africa. You could bring in these professors and they would tell you why and what the experience has been in those countries when they made the transition.
I would start there. I would focus less on let's just get rid of the deemed rule. I see that as a symptom, not a cause.