Diseases That Pay: The Global Health Economy—Part 1
December 31, 2025
2:47 am
How medicine became the world’s most profitable promise — and the patient its most expendable asset.
By Prof. MarkAnthony Nze
The Price of Survival
The modern hospital looks nothing like a factory, but it functions like one. From the gleam of the surgical theater to the hum of the billing department, every breath, every test, every tablet has a price. What once stood as a sanctuary for the sick has become the engine room of a trillion-dollar enterprise, a marketplace where recovery is purchased in installments, and health is the currency most people can no longer afford.
In 2025, the …
