One thing they could fund with all that money is an independent, regularly televised frank discussion between patients, doctors, and administrators about their

One thing they could fund with all that money is an independent, regularly televised frank discussion between patients, doctors, and administrators about their issues with the healthcare system, and each other, from a moral and ethical perspective. It seems to me that if you want to represent some sort of "halo of authority" then you better earn it by hosting some frank and real dialectic!