Those powerful forces are the sum of the tens of thousands of entities that have their hand in the "easy money" jar. Every group from doctors to hospitals to i

Those powerful forces are the sum of the tens of thousands of entities that have their hand in the "easy money" jar. Every group from doctors to hospitals to insurers to equipment suppliers to drug makers, etc, etc, will resist any change that has the potential to even marginally stem the flow of easy money. It's a very important lesson in how much wealth can be sapped from a country when you have "a little waste" in every portion of a major and necessary industry.