Well, I think that is true, only in short-term. But to the government, it's more profitable to just treat it because they get money. I would think that the average person would go for the cure than the treatment.
If it's on the government's dollar, they won't be giving people the option of a cure over a treatment.
Although if this does get properly funded, you can only imagine to what this can lead. It'd be an incredible advancement in medicine. But if this goes any further there are going to be some serious ethical questions being asked.