God forbid hospitals should be run by physicians who actually know something about health care. Much better that they be run by lawyers and politicians.
Politicians don’t like doctors, in part because they have been held at a higher level of respect in society than politicians are. There has always been an element of resentment by democrat politicians that has driven government takeover of health care.
In the pecking order politicians come in under dirt mites in terms of respect. There isn't the remotest comparison.
“Politicians don’t like doctors, in part because they have been held at a higher level of respect in society than politicians are.”
Follow the money. Hospitals account for twice the share of the health care pie as doctors. All other things equal, this makes politicians twice as likely/willing to listen to the hospital point of view when it conflicts with that of physicians. This is yet another political pay-off to an interest group to purchase support (or at least silence) as Uncle Sam acquired a chokehold over the health sector. Doctors got paid off with the “doc fix”, hospitals got paid off by the specialty hospital fix and other (temporary) concessions the leave them off the chopping block for the immediate future. Needless to say, this policy is infinitely “flexible” depending on how many political contributions docs can come up with to grease the wheels in hope of change.