In both traditional healthcare and pharmaceuticals, the phrase “value-based purchasing” is all the rage. Rightfully so, we want to spend our precious healthcare dollars on the care that is most valuable. In other words, we want to pay for care and drugs that are effective and not pay for those that aren’t. Like everything else, the shortest path to value is a truly competitive market. The gorilla in the room is that healthcare, and especially pharmaceuticals, severely lack this fundamental capitalist feature that we have benefited greatly from.