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        <text><![CDATA[Quality Health-Care Coalition Act of 2003 - Exempts from Federal antitrust laws any health care professionals negotiating with a health plan regarding contract terms under which they provide health care items or services for which plan benefits are provided.<p>Declares that this Act applies only to health care professionals excluded from the National Labor Relations Act.]]></text>
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