Docs get their way. Under AMA attack, feds back off antitrust enforcement.
Although the American Medical Association didn't win antitrust relief for doctors through federal legislation, the mere threat of a new law that would reduce federal agencies' authority appears to have resulted in a host of favorable legal rulings for physicians and implied promise of lenient enforcement in the future.
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