It's not politically easy to push legislation that increases competition for MDs. They've been successfully pushing back against scope of practice changes for

It's not politically easy to push legislation that increases competition for MDs. They've been successfully pushing back against scope of practice changes for RAs, PAs, ANPs, PTs and other midlevels, let alone allowing foreign doctors in without an expensive residency medallion. And on the data side, hospitals are doing all they can to make sure that is as locked down in their silos as possible, because all these AI papers have been posing a fundamental threat to their bottom line (Medicare and employer reimbursement for physician and related services). Basically every single decision-making regulatory body on state and Federal levels is full of MDs, with inherent conflict of interest. Now new FDA chief is an old-school MD again, and his first order of business was to call a conference studying the potential dangers AI can pose to patient safety.