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        "uri": "/2011/07/14/ebsa-postpones-fee-disclosure-deadline/",
        "title": "EBSA postpones fee disclosure deadline",
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        "prettyDate": "July 14, 2011",
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        "summary": "The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has pushed back the compliance deadlines for new retirement plan fee disclosure rules.",
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        "uri": "/2011/07/13/mlr-agent-allies-may-take-indirect-approach/",
        "title": "MLR: Agent allies may take indirect approach",
        "byline": "Arthur D. Postal",
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        "prettyDate": "July 13, 2011",
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        "summary": "State insurance commissioners who want to help health insurance agents and brokers cope with the new medical loss ratio (MLR) rules apparently have decided that a behind-the-scenes strategy has the best chance of succeeding.",
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        "uri": "/2011/07/12/naic-ices-agent-comp-mlr-exclusion-effort/",
        "title": "NAIC ices agent comp MLR exclusion effort",
        "byline": "Arthur D. Postal",
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        "prettyDate": "July 12, 2011",
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        "summary": "The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has backed away from the idea of supporting a congressional bill that could exclude insurance agent compensation from medical loss ratio (MLR) calculations.",
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        "uri": "/2011/07/01/ppaca-naic-panel-backs-mlr-measure/",
        "title": "PPACA: NAIC panel backs MLR measure",
        "byline": "Arthur D. Postal",
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        "prettyDate": "July 01, 2011",
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        "summary": "The Professional Health Insurance Advisors Task Force at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has endorsed H.R. 1206, a U.S. House bill that calls for removing agent commissions from medical loss ratio (MLR) calculations.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2011/06/09/former-ebsa-chief-rewrite-fiduciary-draft/",
        "title": "Former EBSA chief: Rewrite fiduciary draft",
        "byline": "Arthur D. Postal",
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        "prettyDate": "June 09, 2011",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "Bradford Campbell, the former head of the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), says the U.S. Department of Labor should overhaul its retirement plan fiduciary definition proposal.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2011/06/06/hhs-launches-medicare-medical-home-pilot/",
        "title": "HHS Launches Medicare medical home pilot",
        "byline": "Arthur D. Postal",
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        "prettyDate": "June 06, 2011",
        "timeToRead": "2 minute",
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        "summary": "The Obama administration has set up a 3-year, $42 million Medicare pilot program that will test the ability of the “patient-centered medical home” to lower the cost of care and improve the quality.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2011/06/02/franken-urges-hhs-to-defend-mlr-rule/",
        "title": "Franken urges HHS to defend MLR rule",
        "byline": "Arthur D. Postal",
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        "prettyDate": "June 02, 2011",
        "timeToRead": "2 minute",
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        "summary": "Sen. Al Franken is asking the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to review state requests for minimum medical loss ratio (MLR) waivers carefully before granting waivers.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2011/06/01/hhs-on-pcip-yes-we-need-agents/",
        "title": "HHS on PCIP: Yes, we need agents",
        "byline": "Arthur D. Postal",
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        "prettyDate": "June 01, 2011",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is trying to save the struggling Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan program by paying agents and brokers enrollment commissions.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2011/05/25/ppaca-lawmakers-take-new-look-at-interstate-health/",
        "title": "PPACA: Lawmakers take new look at interstate health sales",
        "byline": " Arthur D. Postal ",
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        "prettyDate": "May 25, 2011",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "Allowing health plans to sell coverage across state lines without adopting national consumer protection standards could hurt consumers, a federal health insurance regulator and former insurance commissioner testified here today.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2011/05/17/supreme-court-favors-cigna-in-summary-plan-descrip/",
        "title": "Supreme Court favors CIGNA in summary plan description case",
        "byline": " Arthur D. Postal ",
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        "prettyDate": "May 17, 2011",
        "timeToRead": "6 minute",
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        "summary": "The U.S. Supreme Court has significantly narrowed the grounds an employee can use to sue for additional pension benefits based on errors in a plan’s summary plan description (SPD).",
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