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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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        "title": "Employer group to Congress: Ease HSA users' access to mental health care",
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        "prettyDate": "April 20, 2021",
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        "summary": "One idea: Congress could allow first-dollar coverage for telehealth and worksite clinic counseling.",
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        "prettyDate": "April 16, 2021",
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        "summary": "Implementation of the No Surprises Act was a hot topic at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' spring meeting.",
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        "summary": "Analysts say a program could crowd out private insurers or play alongside them.",
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        "title": "Consumers expect to use more health care this year: Insure.com",
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        "prettyDate": "April 14, 2021",
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        "summary": "About 40% of survey participants said they have postponed care because of the COVID-19 pandemic.",
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        "prettyDate": "April 12, 2021",
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        "summary": "The big new HealthCare.gov marketing campaign could turn up households that also need other types of insurance.",
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        "prettyDate": "April 09, 2021",
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        "summary": "Only 15% of the physicians said they believe that health insurers' prior authorization criteria are based on evidence-based medicine.",
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        "byline": "Allison Bell",
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        "prettyDate": "April 07, 2021",
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        "summary": "For some insurers, the first two waves had little obvious effect on claims.",
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        "title": "Some health insurers fudged MLR numbers: Researchers",
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        "prettyDate": "March 30, 2021",
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        "summary": "The purpose of the manipulation was to reduce the amount of rebate payments.",
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        "byline": "Allison Bell",
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        "prettyDate": "March 26, 2021",
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        "summary": "Agents were part of a subcommittee hearing on how to implement President Biden's strategy of expanding access to health care.",
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        "title": "HealthCare.gov to signup period extended into August",
        "byline": "Allison Bell",
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        "prettyDate": "March 25, 2021",
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        "summary": "The extension gives consumers more time to understand the premium subsidy provisions in the new American Rescue Plan Act.",
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