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      {
        "uri": "/2023/05/19/3-ways-brokers-can-take-advantage-of-the-changing-insurance-market/",
        "title": " 3 ways brokers can take advantage of the changing insurance market ",
        "byline": "Jeff Bak",
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        "prettyDate": "May 19, 2023",
        "timeToRead": "5 minute",
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        "summary": "The insurance market is much more complex and therefore requires more thought, introspection, and strategy when it comes to selecting the optimal plan. As the landscape changes, here are three things that brokers need to do now",
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      },
      {
        "uri": "/2022/12/20/health-care-price-transparency-is-lagging-what-employers-can-do-now-to-cut-costs/",
        "title": "'Shoppable' health care transparency's lagging: How employers can cut costs now",
        "byline": "Jeff Bak",
        "kicker": "Expert Opinion",
        "prettyDate": "December 20, 2022",
        "timeToRead": "5 minute",
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        "summary": "In 2023, employers can expect to pay more than double the 2022 increase in health insurance costs, and  brokers are in a unique position to help their clients see that there are solutions to combat rising health care costs.",
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      },
      {
        "uri": "/2022/03/15/is-your-health-care-plan-really-a-benefit/",
        "title": "Is your health care plan really a benefit?",
        "byline": "Jeff Bak",
        "kicker": "Commentary",
        "prettyDate": "March 15, 2022",
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        "summary": "Employers need to take a hard look at their plan and truly assess what it's costing employees.",
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