Ever Heard of a Surgical Assistant? Meet a New Boost to Your Medical Bills

(By Markian Hawryluk for Kaiser Health News)

Izzy Benasso was playing a casual game of tennis with her father on a summer Saturday when she felt her knee pop. She had torn a meniscus, one of the friction-reducing pads in the knee, locking it in place at a 45-degree angle.

Although she suspected she had torn something, the 21-year-old senior at the University of Colorado in Boulder had to endure an anxious weekend in July 2019 until she could get an MRI that Monday.  Continue reading article here…

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