The profit motive is everywhere in the medical sector, and that is a bad thing. Even if you believe in free markets, it's not easy to get the best care. To sta

The profit motive is everywhere in the medical sector, and that is a bad thing. Even if you believe in free markets, it's not easy to get the best care. To stay cose to the eye as a subject, look at vitreomacular adhesion. Roughly two possible treatments: - costly and complicated eye surgery - substantially simpler ocriplasmin [0] injections In many cases where ocriplasmin looks like it could be the perfect solution, it isn't even considered. Could that have something to do with the surgeon's incentives alignment? [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocriplasmin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocriplasmin