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        "uri": "/2011/12/20/increasing-commission-revenue-with-discount-dental/",
        "title": "Increasing commission revenue with discount dental",
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        "prettyDate": "December 20, 2011",
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        "summary": "With the recent news from HHS about the Medical Loss Ratio concerning agent commissions in insurance products, brokers are beginning to understand why they need to have other saleable services in their bag of tricks.",
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        "uri": "/2011/12/08/10-ways-to-beat-recession-depression/",
        "title": "10 ways to beat recession depression",
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        "prettyDate": "December 08, 2011",
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        "summary": "Whether youre unemployed or looking for a career change in a bleak job market, it can be hard to keep a positive attitude about your future prospects, but remaining upbeat can actually increase your chances at success by helping you to stay motivated and behave more confidently on interviews.",
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        "uri": "/2011/12/01/how-merry-are-your-benefits/",
        "title": "How merry are your benefits?",
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        "prettyDate": "December 01, 2011",
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        "summary": "As an employer, you know the New Year is approaching fast; and if you have not already had your open enrollment completed, or if you are sweating the last minute details of your plan design and rollout for 2012, you may be wondering what to expect for the final version...",
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        "uri": "/2011/11/23/open-enrollment-how-open-is-it/",
        "title": "Open enrollment: How open is it?",
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        "prettyDate": "November 23, 2011",
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        "summary": "In this uncertain market, as an employee its important to carefully evaluate your health care costs when making your annual enrollment decisions.",
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        "uri": "/2011/11/17/making-voluntary-benefits-a-priority/",
        "title": "Making voluntary benefits a priority",
        "byline": "Mark Roberts",
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        "prettyDate": "November 17, 2011",
        "timeToRead": "4 minute",
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        "summary": "Employers who consider voluntary benefits for their workers are a step ahead of those who do not.",
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        "uri": "/2011/11/08/reducing-employee-medical-costs-with-telemedicine/",
        "title": "Reducing employee medical costs with telemedicine",
        "byline": "Mark Roberts",
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        "prettyDate": "November 08, 2011",
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        "summary": "Telemedicine has measurable cost effective results and the ability to transfer lifesaving data during critical needs diagnosis. Those companies and professionals who make the best use of telemedicine for their practices should see more efficiency on a clinical basis as well as increased profitability and return on investments.",
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        "uri": "/2011/10/31/7-steps-to-inspire-employees/",
        "title": "7 steps to inspire employees",
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        "prettyDate": "October 31, 2011",
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        "summary": "People are your company's most important asset. Try some ideas to inspire them.",
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        "uri": "/2011/10/24/wellness-carrot-vs-stick/",
        "title": "Wellness: Carrot vs stick?",
        "byline": "Mark Roberts",
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        "prettyDate": "October 24, 2011",
        "timeToRead": "6 minute",
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        "authors": [
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        "summary": "Getting employees to be actively engaged in wellness has been a challenge to many organizations because the motivation to jump into the pool has been lacking on the part of workers in some instances. The age old question is How do you get people involved?",
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        "uri": "/2011/10/13/a-look-at-the-health-care-horizon/",
        "title": "A look at the health care horizon",
        "byline": "Mark Roberts",
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        "prettyDate": "October 13, 2011",
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        "summary": "In light of the new legislation, much of it being made up as time goes along each day, it behooves all stakeholders to step back before the end of this calendar year to analyze what may work best for the potential outcomes and what is already in place.",
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        "uri": "/2011/10/04/social-media-health-care-needs-it/",
        "title": "Social media: Health care needs it",
        "byline": "Mark Roberts",
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        "prettyDate": "October 04, 2011",
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        "summary": "Over the last few years, the social media epidemic has created a plethora of websites devoted to finding our way through the stuff of life. Incredibly, companies like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn have grown exponentially by connecting everyone to everyone else.",
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