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        "title": "3 HHS secretaries, past and present: A candid conversation with Becerra, Azar & Sebelius",
        "byline": "Julie Rovner and Emmarie Huetteman",
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        "summary": "The three political appointees share an understanding of what it means to lead the Health and Human Services agency that makes life-or-death decisions every day that affect millions of Americans.",
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        "summary": "A new GAO report paints a picture of an already strained behavioral health system struggling after the pandemic struck.",
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        "summary": "The bill would spend $34 billion to help Americans who buy insurance on the marketplaces created by the ACA through 2022.",
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        "title": "4 non-COVID health issues addressed in the last spending bill",
        "byline": "Emmarie Huetteman, Kaiser Health News",
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        "prettyDate": "January 29, 2021",
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        "summary": "Rural health care, mental parity and price transparency were also addressed in Congress's end-of-year spending bill.",
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        "title": "Majority of voters tilt toward Biden as health issues weigh heavily",
        "byline": "Emmarie Huetteman, Kaiser Health News",
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        "prettyDate": "October 16, 2020",
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        "summary": "Voters don't trust assurances from the president that he will protect people with pre-existing conditions if the ACA is struck down.",
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        "title": "Did HHS just put an end to surprise billing?",
        "byline": "Emmarie Huetteman",
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        "prettyDate": "April 21, 2020",
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        "summary": "The terms and conditions for health providers seeking emergency funds includes language that could carry much broader implications.",
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        "title": "Coronavirus casts heavy shadow over Biden, Sanders debate",
        "byline": "Emmarie Huetteman, Kaiser Health News",
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        "prettyDate": "March 16, 2020",
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        "summary": "During Sunday's debate, the two candidates offered two starkly different images of leadership in a time of crisis.",
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        "byline": "Emmarie Huetteman and Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News and Victoria Knight",
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        "prettyDate": "February 26, 2020",
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        "summary": "In the latest debate, top contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination sparred over the price tag on health care reform.",
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        "title": "Warren, Klobuchar vow to tackle health care costs",
        "byline": "Emmarie Huetteman",
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        "prettyDate": "January 16, 2020",
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        "summary": "In the most recent Democratic debates, both candidates said if elected, they would act immediately to reduce the cost of certain drugs.",
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        "byline": "Emmarie Huetteman, Kaiser Health News",
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        "prettyDate": "December 23, 2019",
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        "summary": "Former Vice President Joe Biden, for his part, doesn't think a Medicare for All system will happen any time soon.",
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