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        "uri": "/2015/02/01/5-unconventional-employee-benefits/",
        "title": "5 unconventional employee benefits",
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        "prettyDate": "February 01, 2015",
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        "summary": "Employee benefits help keep workers healthy and save for their golden years.",
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        "uri": "/2014/12/01/2015-industry-predictions/",
        "title": "2015 industry predictions",
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        "prettyDate": "December 01, 2014",
        "timeToRead": "2 minute",
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        "summary": "It's almost 2015which also means it's time to speculate about what might happen in the benefits industry in the new year.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2013/07/31/a-brokers-guide-to-self-funding/",
        "title": "A broker’s guide to self-funding",
        "byline": "Benefits Selling contributors",
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        "prettyDate": "July 31, 2013",
        "timeToRead": "14 minute",
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        "summary": "Self-funded plans are increasingly popular. And brokers need to be aware of them.",
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        "uri": "/2012/03/01/hsa-limits-for-2012/",
        "title": "HSA limits for 2012",
        "byline": "Benefits Selling",
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        "prettyDate": "March 01, 2012",
        "timeToRead": "1 minute",
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        "summary": "Here are the details from the IRSHSA contribution limits: The 2012 annual HSA contribution limit for individuals with self-only HDHP coverage is $3,100…",
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      {
        "uri": "/2012/02/01/arguing-over-add/",
        "title": "Arguing over AD&D",
        "byline": "Benefits Selling staff",
        "kicker": "",
        "prettyDate": "February 01, 2012",
        "timeToRead": "4 minute",
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        },
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        "summary": "Accidental death and dismemberment policy values remain debatablefor some.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2012/02/01/add-values-remain-debatable-for-some/",
        "title": "AD&D values remain debatable—for some",
        "byline": " Benefits Selling staff ",
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        "prettyDate": "February 01, 2012",
        "timeToRead": "4 minute",
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        "authors": [
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        ],
        "kickerNode": [],
        "summary": "When one thinks of accidental death and dismemberment insurance, a single, simple type of policy springs to mind.",
        "body": null
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      {
        "uri": "/2012/01/18/back-to-basics-the-emerging-role-of-gap-medical-pl/",
        "title": "Back to Basics: The Emerging Role of \"Gap Medical\" Plans",
        "byline": "Benefits Selling e-Advertorial",
        "kicker": "",
        "prettyDate": "January 18, 2012",
        "timeToRead": "1 minute",
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        "summary": "(Click for a PDF version)",
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      {
        "uri": "/2011/11/01/premiums-take-another-big-leap-in-2011-while-hdhps-pick-up-market-share/",
        "title": "Premiums take another big leap in 2011, while HDHPs pick up market share",
        "byline": "Benefits Selling staff",
        "kicker": "",
        "prettyDate": "November 01, 2011",
        "timeToRead": "2 minute",
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        "summary": "Annual premiums for employer-sponsored family health coverage increase once again in 2011",
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      {
        "uri": "/2011/10/01/are-brokers-just-whistling-past-the-graveyard/",
        "title": "Are brokers just whistling past the graveyard?",
        "byline": "By Benefits Selling Staff",
        "kicker": "",
        "prettyDate": "October 01, 2011",
        "timeToRead": "1 minute",
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        ],
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        "summary": "Despite lingering health reform uncertainty and a still-sluggish economy, brokers remain oddly optimistic about their own individual futures but worried about the industry.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2011/06/16/a-simple-health-plan/",
        "title": "A simple health plan",
        "byline": "Benefits Selling",
        "kicker": "",
        "prettyDate": "June 16, 2011",
        "timeToRead": "9 minute",
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        "authors": [
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        "summary": "Plain and simple, today's health care costs in the United States are too high. In 2008, they amounted to about $2.2 trillion or 16.2 percent of the gross national product. The average per employee cost for health care was $9,144, up 8 percent from 2007.",
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