Managed Care and Health Insurance: The challenges and opportunities facing new types of payers and integrated delivery systems (IDSs) due to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Name Institution The challenges and opportunities facing new types of payers and integrated delivery systems (IDSs) due to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) The Affordable Care Act (ACA) reinstates consumers’ freedom to be in charge of the own health care (HHS.Gov/HealthCare, 2014). The act has introduced some new guidelines on how i