&gt; I&#x27;d rather see us start to question the &quot;non-profit&quot; status of lots of hospitals that pay their management some seriously hefty salaries.<p>Why? The salaries are taxed. (And salaries are a tax-deductible business expense even for non-exempt organizations.)<p>Tax-exempt non-profit status (while they are many subtypes with different qualifications) is mainly (in terms of the <i>common</i> feature of that status) about whether anyone has a claim on the retained earnings, not whether large salaries are paid.<p>(<i>Charity</i> status within the larger tax-exempt non-profit category -- charities, in addition to being tax-exempt, have contributions that are tax-deductible for the contributor -- is largely about serving one of a set of defined &quot;charitable purposes&quot;.)