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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": "/2021/01/19/biden-proposes-richer-health-premium-tax-credits-412-110178/",
        "title": "Biden proposes richer health premium tax credits",
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        "prettyDate": "January 19, 2021",
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        "summary": "His COVID-19 response package also includes money for COBRA coverage continuation premiums.",
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        "title": "COVID-19 unemployment could lead to 1.37M excess deaths",
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        "prettyDate": "January 14, 2021",
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        "summary": "These excess deaths could amount to 0.37% of the projected 2040 U.S. population.",
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        "title": "CDC: U.S. 2020 deaths total will be at least 12% higher than expected",
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        "prettyDate": "January 12, 2021",
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        "summary": "The preliminary numbers include about 28,000 excess deaths not classified as involving COVID-19.",
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        "title": "UnitedHealth to acquire Change Healthcare for $8 billion",
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        "prettyDate": "January 07, 2021",
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        "summary": "Change Healthcare offers health care providers financial analysis and management systems along with billing and collections services.",
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        "title": "Centene to acquire Magellan for $2.2B",
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        "prettyDate": "January 05, 2021",
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        "summary": "The acquisition will merge behavioral health care programs of both firms covering 41 million people.",
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        "title": "HealthCare.gov increases same-store signups 6.6%",
        "byline": "Allison Bell",
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        "prettyDate": "December 28, 2020",
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        "summary": "EHealth says its customers are paying about 6% more per month for coverage.",
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        "title": "Health broker comp disclosure provision included in COVID spending package",
        "byline": "Allison Bell",
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        "prettyDate": "December 24, 2020",
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        "summary": "The package also includes a surprise billing section that concerns America's Health Insurance Plans.",
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        "title": "5 big cities that top the CDC's worry list",
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        "prettyDate": "December 24, 2020",
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        "summary": "Federal pandemic trackers are putting localized threat data in a new series of public reports.",
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        "byline": "Allison Bell",
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        "prettyDate": "December 23, 2020",
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        "summary": "Statistics for 2019 show hospitals were the big winners vs. five other categories of health care spending.",
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        "byline": "Allison Bell",
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        "prettyDate": "December 18, 2020",
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        "summary": "Many other states with locally run exchanges have set deadlines after Dec. 15, or have extended their deadlines.",
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