According to the American College of Physicians website:
Judge dismisses residents’ suit against the Match
A federal judge last week dismissed all claims in a class-action suit brought by several former residents against the National Resident Matching Program, several medical associations and more than two dozen medical schools and teaching hospitals.
The two-year old suit claimed the Match and the other defendants violated antitrust protections by curtailing competition among teaching hospitals and depressing residents’ wages. Earlier this year, Congress passed a law giving teaching hospitals antitrust immunity.
In his action last week, the judge cited that new law, pointing out that it nullified most of the suit’s claims, according to the Aug. 13 Modern Physician. The plaintiffs are considering an appeal.
So it looks like all you med students will be saved from having to go thru a non-match residency application, so you should all be happy about that!
3 thoughts on “The Resident Match is safe… for now!”
KD
(Thursday August 19,2004 - 10:52 pm)After reading the details of this case a little bit more in depth, I wonder if the practice of signing outside the match has been killed by this ruling.
JC, cmt
(Tuesday November 30,2004 - 5:42 am)[>what a resident makes for less hours< That should be "fewer hours," vik.] Excellent point. Why is this not talked about more? Both lawyers in training and med residents work insane hours, do without social and family lives, and suffer from sleep deprivation. Residents (like elementary school teachers) also have to contend with near-constant challenges to their immune systems from their clients' illnesses. Sick and exhausted residents can kill patients; lawyers generally do not harm their clients physically. Why do lawyers get paid handsomely for their apprenticeship while residents are routinely exploited?
JC, cmt
(Tuesday November 30,2004 - 5:47 am)Stupid thing ate my comment. repost: should be “fewer hours,” not “less hours,” vik. Why do lawyers get paid so well for their apprenticeship while residents are routinely exploited? Both lawyers in training and medical residents work insane hours, give up all semblence of social and family lives, and suffer intense sleep deprivation. Residents also have the thrill of facing daily assaults on their immune systems from their patients’ illnesses. Exhausted and overworked residents can kill patients; lawyers generally do not kill their clients.