Pretty much yea. As soon a something becomes "medical-something" or "boat-something" the price goes up exponentially.
This is why JerryRigEverything started his "not a wheelchair" -company[0], who are not selling wheelchairs, but they happen to look a lot like wheelchairs :)
Because it's not certified as an official medical device (a wheelchair), they can sell it for (IIRC) 80% cheaper than Official Wheelchairs.
I don't even want to know what "The Rig", their offroad wheelchair, would cost if it was an approved medical device...
I would advocate for fixing both dysfunctions at the same time… sometimes fixing two difficult problems simultaneously is easier than individually.
The whole medical cartel is under immediate threat by both LLMs and cheap peptides (e.g. semaglutide). In my view ozempic really is a miracle drug that is unusually effective for autoimmune conditions which I think make up the vast majority of undiagnosed and untreated conditions.
It used to be Dr. Google giving better advice, now it’s Dr, ChatGPT. And at least for my conditions it gives better advice than any doctor I’ve ever been to and I’ve been to a lot.
