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        "uri": "/2011/08/23/10-best-companies-for-employee-financial-security/",
        "title": "10 best companies for employee financial security",
        "byline": "Heather Trese",
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        "prettyDate": "August 23, 2011",
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        "summary": "The Principal has named 10 growing businesses (selected by an independent panel of judges) as the 10 Best Companies for Employee Financial Security in 2011.",
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        "uri": "/2011/08/23/new-aca-program-to-improve-hospital-care/",
        "title": "New ACA program to improve hospital care",
        "byline": "Heather Trese",
        "kicker": "",
        "prettyDate": "August 23, 2011",
        "timeToRead": "4 minute",
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        "summary": "HHS has launched another ACA initiative, this time focusing on improving care for hospital patients before and after discharge.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2011/08/22/brokers-weigh-individual-mandate/",
        "title": "Brokers weigh individual mandate",
        "byline": "Heather Trese",
        "kicker": "",
        "prettyDate": "August 22, 2011",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "Several insurance professionals weigh in on what the appellate court's decision to strike down the individual mandate might mean for the industry.",
        "body": null
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      {
        "uri": "/2011/08/19/wellness-programs-flourish-thanks-to-health-reform/",
        "title": "Wellness programs flourish thanks to health reform",
        "byline": "Heather Trese",
        "kicker": "",
        "prettyDate": "August 19, 2011",
        "timeToRead": "5 minute",
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        "authors": [
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        "summary": "Health care reform is changing many things about the insurance industry, and in some cases those changes are not in the broker's favor. But at least one area of the market is seeing a boon thanks to the Affordable Care Act wellness plans.",
        "body": null
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        "uri": "/2011/08/19/employers-in-heartland-states-struggle-to-control/",
        "title": "Employers in Heartland states struggle to control cost",
        "byline": "Heather Trese",
        "kicker": "",
        "prettyDate": "August 19, 2011",
        "timeToRead": "2 minute",
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        "authors": [
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        "summary": "Employers in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri are looking to health insurers to control costs, and more employers are turning to high-deductible and self-insurance health plans to do so.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2011/08/18/workers-face-higher-health-care-costs/",
        "title": "Workers face higher health care costs",
        "byline": "Heather Trese",
        "kicker": "",
        "prettyDate": "August 18, 2011",
        "timeToRead": "4 minute",
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        "authors": [
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        "summary": "According to a new survey by the National Business Group on Health, large U.S. employers are planning to shift higher health care costs to workers next year, thanks largely to cost increases that are more than twice the rate of inflation.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2011/08/17/comparing-health-plans-just-got-easier/",
        "title": "Comparing health plans just got easier",
        "byline": "Heather Trese",
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        "prettyDate": "August 17, 2011",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "HHS, the Labor Department, and the Treasury Department have issued new rules giving consumers access to standard Summary of Benefits and Coverage and glossary of terms forms.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2011/08/17/assura-group-launches-unemployment-insurance/",
        "title": "Assura Group launches unemployment insurance",
        "byline": "Heather Trese",
        "kicker": "",
        "prettyDate": "August 17, 2011",
        "timeToRead": "2 minute",
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        "summary": "Assura Group of NY has created an option other than state unemployment benefits for those concerned about what might happen in the event of involuntary job loss.",
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        "uri": "/2011/08/16/healthplan-services-launches-mlr-rebate-cost-reduc/",
        "title": "HealthPlan Services launches MLR rebate cost-reduction tool",
        "byline": "Heather Trese",
        "kicker": "",
        "prettyDate": "August 16, 2011",
        "timeToRead": "2 minute",
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        "summary": "HealthPlan Services is launching RebateLink, a flexible processing solution that reduces costs associated with medical loss ratio (MLR) rebates.",
        "body": null
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      {
        "uri": "/2011/08/16/7-ways-to-improve-public-dental-health-programs/",
        "title": "7 ways to improve public dental health programs",
        "byline": "Heather Trese",
        "kicker": "",
        "prettyDate": "August 16, 2011",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "The ADA has released a new paper which emphasizes the absence of a coordinated, systematic approach to treating underserved populations.",
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