Non profit means very little and opens the doors to worse forms of corruption, just means board members are greatly getting enriched instead of shareholders.

Oh, they make plenty of profit.

You just have to use it on executive pay, perks, expensive consultants who happen to be friends with the board, conferences in Tahiti, etc. instead of directly distributing it to shareholders.

Unfortunately in my state the majority of those non-profit hospitals are religious institutions.

Fortunately I live near two of the community-run hospitals and the associated clinic network.