Our government is often ready to do something useful if that useful thing will end up helping a corporation get more profits. That this particular one has the side effect of keeping hospitals stocked with important things is an appreciated bonus, I think.

The thing that would be extra useful would be to require the monopolist to diversify their plants, or to have competitors able to take up enough market share that one hurricane doesn't create a crisis. Those kinds of things, however, the government will be very reluctant to do, because they'll cut into profits and might make something useful for the people instead.