They also know that the GOP didn't exactly go to bat for them (Gingrich was responsible for many ruinous regulation headaches). GOP president, Congress, Senate--still couldn't bring about tort reform.
This kind of rhetoric coming from Richardson is a form of warning--"buck our initiatives and we'll come down on you, hard."
US docs know their numbers and allies are few and will bow to the inevitable.
Not THIS US Doc....
I saw this coming years ago, and saved whatever I could.
I'll quit, no doubt about it...even though I'm only 50. Won't live great, but I won't starve...and I'll be damned if I'm going to be someone's slave.