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It affects how beneficiaries manage settlement payments. It clarifies the scope of equitable liens in health plans."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 19, lines 10-24","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2015/14-723_2cp3.pdf","page_label":"file page 19, lines 10-24"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 29, lines 38-30","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2015/14-723_2cp3.pdf","page_label":"file page 29, lines 38-30"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 22-38","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2015/14-723_2cp3.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 22-38"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 55, lines 24-1","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2015/14-723_2cp3.pdf","page_label":"file page 55, lines 24-1"}]},{"heading":"What happens next","paragraphs":["This article currently covers the argument record. Use the official docket link for later case activity."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 10, lines 24-26","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2015/14-723_2cp3.pdf","page_label":"file page 10, lines 24-26"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 10, lines 32-34","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2015/14-723_2cp3.pdf","page_label":"file page 10, lines 32-34"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 11, lines 30-36","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2015/14-723_2cp3.pdf","page_label":"file page 11, lines 30-36"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 11, lines 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