The problem with our society is that they want everything on the market NOW. If medical care is a right, then EVERYONE should be able to have these devices IMMEDIATELY regardless of cost. The way the market works, innovation creates expensive products that eventually come down in price to the point where anyone can afford them, but that may take anywhere from two years to a decade. But at that point, there is something new and fancy that everyone wants. The article is right that its like cell phones. You can get an early generation iPhone or Samsung Galaxy from practically nothing. Anyone can afford one. But, of course, no one wants one. They want the $700 model.
I remember when the liberals were arguing in the 90s that it was unfair that “the poor” didn’t have full and immediate access to computers and the internet, and that they would be forever an underclass, blah blah blah, never mind that most all libraries had free access to computers and the internet. It is only because first adopters with money beta test technologies that they are perfected and made available at better prices and good quality for all.