There is no such thing as a magical pill that can diagnose and screen for every disease in medical history. Even the most sophisticated of software and medical equipment is incapable of doing so.
If I were an inventor with special powers, one of the first things I would do is develop a test that can screen for diseases early on. Many illnesses that are diagnosed are done so too late. The symptoms may become deadly or too serious to properly cure. With early diagnostic exams, precious money can be saved when treating the patient and they can recover faster, thus reducing hospital care costs.
I may be wishfully thinking, but some tests do exist for certain diseases. For example, there is an early diagnostic test for Kidney Disease. Thousands of patients who may have died from Kidney Disease were properly treated and eventually cured because it was caught early enough. This goes to show that investing in researching and developing early diagnostic tests will not only be beneficial to patients, but doctors can save time, hospitals will be burdened by fewer patients, and the United States will eventually save in healthcare costs.
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