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"summary": "Open enrollment season (or one of them, anyway) is in full swing, and don't I know it. As a channel manager for broker partnerships at Jellyvision, I work with brokers and brokerage organizations representing clients across a range of industries and company sizes. I see what the big guys are...",
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"summary": "John Sbrocco is a health care strategist and principle at Questige Consulting. The agency seeks to change how companies manage their health care supply chain and improve the health care experience, from accessibility of benefits to quality of treatment.",
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"summary": "The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was voted into law more than seven years ago, but the shakeup it caused in the health care industry still hasn't quite settled. And where it has, it's settled in some unexpected ways.",
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