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        "summary": "If you want to reduce the cost of insulin, then do it. If you just want to spread the cost of insulin across more people, admit it.",
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        "title": "The No Surprises Act: Taking control of rate-setting",
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        "prettyDate": "March 31, 2021",
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        "summary": "Payers must be prepared to pay objectively fair rates for services when the claims are first received, as well as present a defensible offer.",
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        "title": "The No Surprises Act: When negotiations break down",
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        "summary": "Does the No Surprises Act sabotage efforts to achieve equitable network arrangements?",
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        "title": "The No Surprises Act: What is a 'surprise'?",
        "byline": "Ron E. Peck",
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        "prettyDate": "March 29, 2021",
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        "summary": "To understand the actual impact of the act, we must dissect three important topics: First, the actual scope.",
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        "title": "The 'cost of care' contradiction",
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        "prettyDate": "February 25, 2020",
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        "summary": "If we believe that the cost of health care should be capped, then the cost of all health care should be capped--not just certain types.",
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