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TIL in 2002, a class action lawsuit was filed against the Association of American Medical Colleges for colluding to overwork and underpay residents (trainee doctors). The suit was dismissed in 2004 when Congress snuck a clause into a Pension bill exempting the AAMC match program from antitrust laws.

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