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"summary": "However, it's likely the upcoming Medicare drug price negotiations will have some spillover effect, as the prices are likely to become a new ceiling for other insurers as well, suggests a new AARP report.",
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"summary": "These higher levels of debt, matched with continuing high levels of inflation, may be signal that Americans are still struggling in an economy that otherwise seems to be improving.",
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"summary": "According to the Biden Administration, the previous administration created loopholes that allowed the marketing of misleading insurance products that can discriminate based on pre-existing conditions.",
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"summary": "In the past two years - perhaps due to the Great Resignation - there's been a 20% increase in left-behind assets in retirement plans when employees switch jobs, according to a new report.",
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