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The ACA requires participating insurers to offer plans ranked by the quality and cost of their offerings. The cheapest is labeled bronze, then silver, gold, and platinum. Some policymakers have proposed creating a still cheaper plan that would protect someone from health care bankruptcy, but have high out-of-pocket costs for care.

The for-profit insurance industry has a complicated relationship with the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Although the ACA promises millions of new customers and fees, it also places potentially burdensome new rules and requirements on the industry. The panelists look at cases where insurers have decided to jump into this new marketplace.

It has been up to the states to decide whether expanding Medicaid by raising income-eligibility rates is the most affordable way to get more people covered under the Affordable Care Act. But Medicaid expansion has had mixed results.

A Gallup survey shows that many American do not approve of the ACA, yet more than 10 million people have coverage because of it.

The 2014 midterm elections changed the balance of power in Washington. The Republicans now have majorities in both the US Senate and the US House of Representatives. Will that mean the end of the Affordable Care Act?

The ultimate fate of the ACA may rest with the Supreme Court, which will soon hear arguments in a case that will determine whether people who purchase insurance through a federally run exchange are eligible to receive subsidies.

The practice of medicine is changing: the days of solo practice are disappearing as more physicians are choosing to become employees of hospitals and larger health systems. What effect has the ACA had on this phenomenon?

In addition to being complex and hard to understand for most people, the ACA has several other substantial flaws, including a failure to cut costs to the extent its supporters claimed it would.

Can the Affordable Care Act survive the new Republican majority in Washington? That depends on whom you ask. In this 12-part HCPLive audio series, three experts debate the merits, flaws, and future of the ACA.

In this video about hyponatremia, Dr. Paul Kattupalli reviews some of the important things healthcare professionals need to remember when treating patients with hyponatremia.

In honor of the Great American Smokeout, the White House released a video of President Obama urging smokers to put down cigarettes for good.

Most NSAIDs have stomach side effects because they decrease the body's natural protection against acid in the gastrointestinal tract.

According to a report in the August 2009 issue of Diabetes Care, even when patients with type 1 diabetes have excellent hemoglobin A1C levels, continuous glucose monitoring will be beneficial.

In honor of Diabetes Awareness Month, the ADA put together video clips of health care professionals pledging to stop diabetes.

In this video, Julie Wieseler, PhD, discusses her research on whether administration of opioids can make migraines more likely in the future.

In this video, Dr. Mark Sawyer discusses the safety of vaccines and the 2010 whooping cough outbreak in California.

Alexander Mauskop, MD, director of the New York Headache Center, discusses the symptoms of optical migraines.

Dr. Stewart discusses advancements in cardiac surgery & transcatheter valve replacement therapy.

Alexander Mauskop, MD, director of the New York Headache Center, discusses the symptoms and causes of hemiplegic migraines.

In a Cleveland Clinic video, William Rigby, MD, of Dartmouth Medical School, discusses B-cell and T-cell-directed therapy for rheumatoid arthritis.

Migraine Video: Alexander Mauskop, MD, discusses what happens in the brain during an optical migraine.

Roy Fleischmann, MD, discusses clinical aspects, outcomes, and measures regarding rheumatoid arthritis.

David Branch, MD, brings his five-part video series on migraine surgery to a close.

David Branch, MD, discusses migraine surgery trials, nerves operated on in migraine surgery, and statistics on migraine surgery at his clinic in Bangor, Maine.

David Branch, MD, of Bangor Plastic and Hand Surgery, discusses issues including medication, Botox, and surgical treatment of migraines.

Two physicians discuss the causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and consequences of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).

This video features a discussion with Stephen Krieger, MD, who talks about less common symptoms of multiple sclerosis.

Pamela Santamaria, MD, a neurologist at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, discusses multiple sclerosis.