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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": "/2021/10/05/no-surprises-bill-arbitrators-should-not-send-surprise-bills-regulators-412-122103/",
        "title": "Latest No Surprises Act details: Arbitrators should not send surprise bills",
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        "prettyDate": "October 05, 2021",
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        "summary": "Charges for provider-insurer arbitration under state \"no surprises\" programs range from $270 to $6,000.",
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        "uri": "/2021/09/28/agency-unveils-individual-health-producer-comp-disclosure-program-412-121749/",
        "title": "CMS unveils health producer comp disclosure program",
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        "prettyDate": "September 28, 2021",
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        "summary": "Agents and brokers may have to start giving customers commission schedules Dec. 27.",
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        "title": "COBRA users face end to temporary premium payment help",
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        "prettyDate": "September 20, 2021",
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        "summary": "The federal American Rescue Plan Act subsidy program is set to end Sept. 30.",
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        "title": "Disability insurers prepare for 'long COVID' return-to-work effort",
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        "prettyDate": "September 13, 2021",
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        "summary": "Two executives say employers and disability carriers should be prepared for a wave of workers who need accommodations.",
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        "prettyDate": "September 09, 2021",
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        "summary": "Over the next month, the national weekly death count could rise about 16%.",
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        "title": "State regulators to target marketers of ACA coverage alternatives",
        "byline": "Allison Bell",
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        "prettyDate": "September 03, 2021",
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        "summary": "NAIC is setting up a working group that will look at marketing of products that do not meet ACA requirements for major medical insurance.",
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        "title": "Biden calls on Congress to intervene in drug pricing",
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        "prettyDate": "August 16, 2021",
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        "summary": "The president also talked up plans to add dental, vision and hearing benefits to Medicare.",
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        "title": "10 states where COVID has filled the most hospital ICU beds",
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        "prettyDate": "August 12, 2021",
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        "summary": "The government also has released the latest data on intensive care unit utilization for all 50 states and the District of Columbia.",
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        "title": "3 ways a new federal law could change the relationship between insurers and hospitals",
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        "prettyDate": "August 04, 2021",
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        "summary": "A health tech expert says the No Surprises Act may lead to insurers and hospitals signing new, reimbursement-only agreements.",
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        "title": "Help wanted: Aflac struggles to keep its producer pipeline full",
        "byline": "Allison Bell",
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        "prettyDate": "August 02, 2021",
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        "summary": "The company is using contests to lure back some experienced agents who stopped selling when the lockdowns came.",
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