{
  "id": 12036708,
  "title": "Amid Soaring Costs, Health Benefits Brokers Seek New Strategies",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/amid-soaring-costs-health-benefits-brokers-seek-new-strategies",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-05T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Insurance Journal",
    "slug": "insurance-journal",
    "url": "https://www.insurancejournal.com/magazines/mag-features/2026/10/05/887590.htm"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Affordability challenges are transforming the health benefits market, requiring brokers, carriers, and employers to make difficult decisions. In 2000, healthcare spending comprised roughly 13% of total U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Today, that figure is up to 18%. By 2033, …",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}