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        "uri": "/2016/09/15/dont-be-worried-about-the-coming-of-mega-carriers/",
        "title": "Don't be worried about the coming of mega carriers",
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        "prettyDate": "September 15, 2016",
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        "summary": "The future of the carrier mergers is anyone's guess.",
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        "uri": "/2016/09/01/worried-about-the-coming-of-the-mega-carriers-dont-be/",
        "title": "Worried about the coming of the mega carriers? Don't be.",
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        "prettyDate": "September 01, 2016",
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        "summary": "The future of the carrier mergers is anyone's guess.",
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        "uri": "/2016/08/12/heres-an-idea-offer-better-benefits-by-offering-be/",
        "title": "Here's an idea: Offer better benefits by offering better benefits",
        "byline": " David Contorno ",
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        "prettyDate": "August 12, 2016",
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        "summary": "How can employers cut costs and give employees great benefits? The answer might surprise you.",
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        "uri": "/2016/08/01/better-benefits-through-better-benefits/",
        "title": "Better benefits through ... better benefits?",
        "byline": "David Contorno",
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        "prettyDate": "August 01, 2016",
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        "summary": "This month, I want to cast doubt on another tried-and-true method of reducing costs reducing benefits.",
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        "uri": "/2016/07/11/better-benefits-lower-cost/",
        "title": "Better benefits, lower cost",
        "byline": "David Contorno",
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        "prettyDate": "July 11, 2016",
        "timeToRead": "4 minute",
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        "authors": [
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        "summary": "When I first got into insurance, I didn't say, I want to deliver worse news to my clients and their employees by delivering higher cost plans that provide less coverage each year.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2016/07/01/better-benefits-at-lower-cost/",
        "title": "Better Benefits at Lower Cost",
        "byline": "David Contorno",
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        "prettyDate": "July 01, 2016",
        "timeToRead": "4 minute",
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        "summary": "When I first got into insurance, I didn't say, I want to deliver worse news to my clients and their employees by delivering higher cost plans that provide less coverage each year.",
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        "uri": "/2016/06/14/reflecting-on-my-time-as-broker-of-the-year/",
        "title": "Reflecting on my time as Broker of the Year",
        "byline": "David Contorno",
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        "prettyDate": "June 14, 2016",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "It wasn't that long ago that I was named the BenefitsPRO Broker of the Year.",
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        "uri": "/2016/06/01/reflecting-on-my-time-as-broker-of-the-year-2/",
        "title": "Reflecting on my time as Broker of the Year",
        "byline": "David Contorno",
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        "prettyDate": "June 01, 2016",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "Has it only been a year?",
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        "uri": "/2016/05/02/health-insurance-is-a-result-of-the-problem-not-th/",
        "title": "Health insurance is a result of the problem, not the cause",
        "byline": " David Contorno ",
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        "prettyDate": "May 02, 2016",
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        "summary": "I think a major shift in thinking has to occur before we can get to the root of the problem. And if we dont do it soon, the government will have no choice but to step in in a way that makes Obamacare look like childs play.",
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        "uri": "/2016/04/13/our-health-care-system-has-become-exactly-what-it/",
        "title": "Our health care system has become exactly what it was destined to be",
        "byline": " David Contorno ",
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        "prettyDate": "April 13, 2016",
        "timeToRead": "5 minute",
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        "authors": [
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        "summary": "When the customers of a business do not demand high quality and fair prices, it doesnt really matter how altruistic of a business you are, your quality will go down and your costs will go up. And this is what has occurred in our health care system.",
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