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    "description": "Allison Bell, ThinkAdvisor's insurance editor, previously was LifeHealthPro's health insurance editor. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached at <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"mailto:[email protected]\" target=\"_blank\">[email protected] </a></span>or on Twitter at @Think_Allison.",
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        "uri": "/2021/12/06/new-york-proposes-surprise-billing-crackdown-412-124615/",
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        "summary": "The state says plans should hold patients harmless when directories provide incorrect network status information.",
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        "title": "Get ready: Feds announce drug price reporting deadline",
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        "summary": "The first wave of reports will be due Dec. 27, 2022.",
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        "title": "Supreme Court takes up health benefits discrimination case",
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        "prettyDate": "November 15, 2021",
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        "summary": "Will the ACA let courts change coverage rules that cause more problems for people with disabilities?",
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        "title": "5 predictions for this ACA open enrollment season",
        "byline": "Allison Bell",
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        "prettyDate": "November 02, 2021",
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        "summary": "This could be a great year for HealthCare.gov.",
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        "title": "State lawmakers and health insurers spar over patient drug copays",
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        "prettyDate": "October 29, 2021",
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        "summary": "Health insurers see making patients pay part of the bill as a way to get the patients to think about the cost.",
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        "byline": "Allison Bell",
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        "prettyDate": "October 25, 2021",
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        "summary": "CBO analysts predict the Build Back Better provisions could cut the number of uninsured people by 14%.",
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        "summary": "The move could increase employer interest in employer cash-for-coverage efforts.",
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        "prettyDate": "October 15, 2021",
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        "summary": "It will be added to the list of products or services that must be included in a policy package without imposing an annual or lifetime benefits maximum.",
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        "byline": "Allison Bell",
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        "summary": "The effort may mean that agents, brokers and other benefits advisors will have one more coverage detail to explain to clients.",
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        "title": "5 states where COVID deaths are increasing the most",
        "byline": "Allison Bell",
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        "summary": "In mid-September, in the typical state, the pandemic accounted for 1 in 6 deaths.",
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