Comment A bit win for capitalism (Score 1) 13
Healthcare doesn't follow a supply-demand curve. You can't create surplus medical service and have that translate into lower cost for care.
The goal for any medical equipment manufacture is to dominate the market. To become standard practice and therefor the company gets a cut of the profits from every gallbladder surgery. Revolutionizing internal medicine by changing who gets paid.
There is a slight benefit that these devices might make it possible to treat more people even with a shortage of surgeons. But it's going to be priced according to what people will pay. It turns out, people are willing to pay quite a bit their life is on the line. That fear of dying from no medical insurance helps people justify the absurd premiums for health insurance. And keeping the employer as a middle man ensures that most of us can't afford to walk away from our jobs. Capitalism has labor firmly under their thumb.