We are profit centers for big medicine... or for big mcdonalds... or for big real estate... or for big amusement parks... or for big pizza makers... or for big music, etc. Who wants to work for nothing? I did not want to work for nothing when I worked long hours for many years. Neither do businesses.
I've had heart failure for over 25 years. I am doing GREAT! I owe a lot to big medicine. The great medications that have come out of big medicine are extending lives and improving the quality of life, especially for the elderly.
Dying cancer patients have a choice, either take expensive cancer medications that will extend their lives by months or even years, or don't take them. You have the same decision. If you ever get a serious illness, you can either pay for, and take the wonderful medications made by big medicine, or you can turn them down. Nothing in this world comes for nothing!