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        "uri": "/2012/05/22/9-trends-in-prescription-plan-management/",
        "title": "9 trends in prescription plan management",
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        "prettyDate": "May 22, 2012",
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        "summary": "A new in-depth survey on the state of pharmacy benefit management finds most sponsors are looking at a number of ways to control costs, but few have considered dropping coverage entirely.",
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        "uri": "/2012/05/21/hr-pop-quiz-waiting-periods-and-ppaca/",
        "title": "HR pop quiz: Waiting periods and PPACA",
        "byline": "Jenny Ivy",
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        "prettyDate": "May 21, 2012",
        "timeToRead": "2 minute",
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        "summary": "Public Health Service (PHS) Act section 2708, as added by the Affordable Care Act, provides that, in plan years beginning on or after Jan. 1, 2014, a group health plan or group health insurance issuer shall not apply any waiting period that exceeds how many days?",
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      {
        "uri": "/2012/05/21/5-election-year-issues-for-small-business/",
        "title": "5 election-year issues for small business",
        "byline": "Jenny Ivy",
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        "prettyDate": "May 21, 2012",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "In observance of National Small Business Week, let's look at the top issues identified as being the most important for this election year.",
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        "uri": "/2012/05/21/top-4-health-insurance-brands/",
        "title": "Top 4 health insurance brands",
        "byline": "Jenny Ivy",
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        "prettyDate": "May 21, 2012",
        "timeToRead": "2 minute",
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        "summary": "Even with increased scrutiny on health insurance carriers, a new poll finds brand equity remains strong among top-ranked health insurers.",
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        "uri": "/2012/05/17/its-ok-to-offer-life-insurance/",
        "title": "It's OK to offer life insurance",
        "byline": "Jenny Ivy",
        "kicker": "",
        "prettyDate": "May 17, 2012",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "According to a Deloitte survey, one of the main reasons why non-buyers don't go ahead and purchase a life insurance policy is because no one has offered it to them.",
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        "uri": "/2012/05/17/poor-health-behavior-wastes-317-billion/",
        "title": "Poor health behavior wastes $317 billion",
        "byline": "Jenny Ivy",
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        "prettyDate": "May 17, 2012",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "Benefits managers say poor health behavior is the greatest contributor to health plan costs. Members' decisions led to more than $317 billion of avoidable medical costs in 2011, according to a report from Express Scripts released Thursday.",
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        "uri": "/2012/05/16/video-inside-the-carrier-perspective/",
        "title": "Video: Inside the carrier perspective",
        "byline": "Jenny Ivy",
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        "prettyDate": "May 16, 2012",
        "timeToRead": "2 minute",
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        "summary": "Under the duress of health reform and increasing benefits costs, the relationship between carriers, brokers and employers is rapidly changing.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2012/05/16/metlife-pays-1-3b-in-life-insurance-dividends/",
        "title": "MetLife pays $1.3B in life insurance dividends",
        "byline": " Jenny Ivy ",
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        "prettyDate": "May 16, 2012",
        "timeToRead": "1 minute",
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        "summary": "MetLife announced Wednesday that four of its life insurance subsidiaries approved an aggregate payment amount of approximately $1.36 billion in policy dividend payments to eligible life insurance policyholders for 2012.",
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        "uri": "/2012/05/15/few-small-businesses-could-recover-from-natural-di/",
        "title": "Few small businesses could recover from natural disaster",
        "byline": "Jenny Ivy",
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        "prettyDate": "May 15, 2012",
        "timeToRead": "2 minute",
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        "summary": "Even for the most successful small business, a natural disaster could be devastating. Just look at Joplin, Mo., where nearly 500 business owners lost their business after last year's tornado almost wiped out the town.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2012/05/15/5-wellness-strategies-to-combat-obesity/",
        "title": "5 wellness strategies to combat obesity",
        "byline": "Jenny Ivy",
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        "prettyDate": "May 15, 2012",
        "timeToRead": "2 minute",
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        "summary": "Christina \"Gigi\" Filippi is a call center sales manager in Hendersonville, Tenn. After establishing an employee-run wellness program in her office, she has lost more than 97 pounds.",
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