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  "textContent": "A law meant to shield patients from shocking medical bills is instead generating eye-popping payouts for some surgical sidekicks. The New York Times reports that bedside assistants—sometimes other doctors, but often nurses or physician assistants who help surgeons operate robots, retract skin, and sew up incisions—are sometimes collecting...",
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