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BECOMING A PHYSICIAN Previous Volume 351:1165-1167 September 16, 2004 Number 12 Next

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Last month, a federal district judge in Washington, D.C., dismissed the first antitrust lawsuit filed by medical residents. In an unusual twist, Congress retroactively granted residency programs and hospitals immunity from antitrust laws with a rare exemption previously granted primarily to major-league baseball players. The decision put the residency Match back into newspaper headlines and reignited a national debate over medical training. It was not the first time the Match faced controversy.

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