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It affects patient access to legal remedies. It shapes the balance between federal regulation and state law."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 17, lines 21-37","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2007/06-1498.pdf","page_label":"file page 17, lines 21-37"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 27, lines 35-21","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2007/06-1498.pdf","page_label":"file page 27, lines 35-21"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 19-37","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2007/06-1498.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 19-37"}]},{"heading":"What happens next","paragraphs":["This article currently covers the argument record. 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