This debate is unique to the US. Seeing innovation as purely a product of financial motive is wrong-headed. It’s a bit like saying the betterment of society is profit driven. Being nice, therefore, always has an ulterior motive. There is evidence that the profit motive is detrimental to health, even within those institutions that purport to promote it. Apparently, invasive treatments using expensive equipment, that no doubt required much research, is justified because “it is there” and not for the preventive good it may do. In fact, it can often do more harm than good. Profit is profit. Health is health. The only good profit to come from health is the benefit it bestows and the satisfaction thus derived.
