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        "uri": "/2014/10/20/the-pulse-of-preventative-care/",
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        "prettyDate": "October 20, 2014",
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        "summary": "Now that PPACA has mandated that carriers cover preventive care procedures, some experts wonder whether an ounce of prevention really is worth a pound of cure in todays economy.",
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        "prettyDate": "October 10, 2014",
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        "summary": "Carriers have become savvier about how to portray their earnings.",
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        "uri": "/2014/10/09/where-have-all-the-providers-gone/",
        "title": "Where have all the providers gone?",
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        "prettyDate": "October 09, 2014",
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        "summary": "Whether the shortage is a result of the increased access to health care mandated by PPACA and whether there is a shortage in the first place remains up for debate.",
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        "uri": "/2014/10/07/can-skinny-plans-pull-their-weight/",
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        "prettyDate": "October 07, 2014",
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        "summary": "As the 2015 benefits enrollment season approaches and employers gear up for their second year of coverage mandates, as outlined in PPACA, it seems some employers still offer non-compliant health plans.",
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        "title": "How do you pay for value-based care?",
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        "prettyDate": "October 01, 2014",
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        "summary": "Critics of the fee-for-service model of paying providers argue fee-for-service payments force providers to increase the volume of procedures or visits in a day, and as a result, the value each patient receives is diluted.",
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        "uri": "/2014/09/25/how-do-you-pay-for-value-based-care-2/",
        "title": "How do you pay for value-based care?",
        "byline": "Amber Taufen",
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        "prettyDate": "September 25, 2014",
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        "summary": "Insurers, from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to commercial payers, have had to define and measure quality and value in health care.",
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        "uri": "/2014/09/17/value-based-health-care-drives-debate/",
        "title": "Value-based health care drives debate",
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        "prettyDate": "September 17, 2014",
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        "summary": "No one seems to agree how to define or measure value-based health care, but its the next big industry trend - and no one denies its here to stay.",
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        "uri": "/2014/09/15/fine-tuned-combs/",
        "title": "Fine-tuned Combs",
        "byline": "Amber Taufen",
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        "prettyDate": "September 15, 2014",
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        "summary": "The tagline for Combs & Co. the brokerage firm Susan L. Combs started nine years ago, when she was just 26 is If you dont know insurance, know your broker.",
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        "uri": "/2014/09/08/mewas-offer-a-health-plan-alternative/",
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        "prettyDate": "September 08, 2014",
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        "summary": "One variation of a self-funded insurance plan, a multiple-employer welfare arrangement, is a potential solution for employers whod prefer to seek options outside of the government-run health insurance exchanges.",
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        "uri": "/2014/09/01/up-in-smoke/",
        "title": "Up in Smoke",
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        "prettyDate": "September 01, 2014",
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        "summary": "When states first began legalizing medical marijuana in the mid- to late 1990s, not many people would have guessed that in fewer than 20 years, the substance would be decriminalized in 16 states, fully legal for adult use in two and approved for medical use in 22.",
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