April 23, 2004

Law May Derail Medical Students' Suit

By JEFFREY SELINGO

A provision in a pension bill signed by President Bush this month may put a stop to a class-action lawsuit against several groups that back the system for matching medical-school graduates with the residency programs that train them as physicians.

The language, which was inserted in unrelated legislation that gives American companies more than $80-billion in pension savings, prevents the residency-matching program from being used as evidence to support an antitrust claim in the

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