The US isn't the only country with prestigious universities, that partially function on a form of social taxpayer welfare, that innovate in the medical field
In fact, some other developed nations do it in far greater percentages of the universities' independent revenue.
Many also have quite comparatively easy immigration paths for both students and workers.
I have no idea what you even mean by this. Are you suggesting the rest of the world, with no centralized government or single budget, could grow to match what the USA previously had because it worked in the USA?
This is a silly argument. That wealth is already there. If the people with privately held wealth wanted to support research at the level that it is at now, then they could already do so. The fact that they do not does not lead me to think they would once USA funding gets terminated.
As I understand it, you are arguing that if the system was inherently good, then others would try to replicate it. I would then counter with if we had a good system, why should it be destroyed?
We have been able to reach enormous heights thanks to government funding, and no other system could have replicated that success. In every scenario where government funding is eliminated, the level of research progress goes down. As long as you understand that, then you can stand by your statements, but do not fool yourself into thinking we will continue making as much research progress as we have been for the last several decades.
I don’t believe the breadth of progress towards various dead ends will occur at the same speed to narrow down good treatments, I am excited about some promising treatments and an acceleration of those
Find another funding sources, a subsidized university in the US isn’t the only path, if its not found then your reality will be exactly as described. We agree! Thanks for your attention to this matter.
In fact, some other developed nations do it in far greater percentages of the universities' independent revenue.
Many also have quite comparatively easy immigration paths for both students and workers.