>>They should do the right thing because it's the right thing.

You first. ;-)

>>Maybe that has already happened and we're left with the dregs who stayed.

Not yet. But the self-employed doctor is a dying breed in the US. The next step is that the fresh eager MBA graduate decides that physicians who volunteered to become employees, in fact are just glorified factory workers deserving the same "consideration" as any other assembly line employee. That's when good physicians give up finally and walk, leaving you with the dregs you describe. Alternatively, the free market delivers a physician-suing extravaganza with bumper awards for all, at which point physicians also vote with their feet. Maybe google why Texas needed HB4 tort reform despite the ongoing opposition, or check out the effect of tort reform in Missouri, or check out

http://www.opposingviews.com/i/hanging-up-my-gloves

to understand why so many physicians prefer to become employees with no responsibilities outside their own painstakingly documented consult room. And you want them to fight city hall for you? Too late- employees can't shirk their duties during the working day and come end of shift, they're off home like everybody else.