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Maryland doctors who take part in group boycotts or work slowdowns to protest the state's high medical-malpractice insurance rates run the risk of violating antitrust law, state officials say.
"Doctors can lobby and they can also make independent, unilateral decisions on how they want to handle their own business. But what they can't do is get together and agree not to see patients," said Ellen S. Cooper, an assistant attorney general in Maryland.See the full content of this document
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Doctors in Slowdowns Risk Antitrust Lawsuits
Ms. Cooper would not specifically comment on recent actions by physicians in Prince George's and Washington counties.
Last week, doctors at Prince George's Hospital Center and in Washington County in Western Maryland said ...See the full content of this document
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