I would like to see changes like this happen. Unfortunately, I don't think we'll see substantial changes until our healthcare system gets worse and there is col

I would like to see changes like this happen. Unfortunately, I don't think we'll see substantial changes until our healthcare system gets worse and there is collective realization that the current system is massively wasteful. I'm skeptical that much of the current innovation matters though. If you look at where improvements in life expectancy come from it's mostly from relatively simple things: sanitation improvements, reduced childhood mortality, statins for preventing heart disease, decline of smoking over the last few decades, and wide spread vaccination. We've found most of the low hanging fruit in terms of procedures, and much of medicine has very little effect on length or quality of life. I think the big problems in healthcare are administrative and financial rather than medical.