There are things like that in the hospital, sure. For example some surgical tools are glorified versions of construction tools (hammers, chisels, drills) but y

There are things like that in the hospital, sure. For example some surgical tools are glorified versions of construction tools (hammers, chisels, drills) but you are paying a premium for materials (have to be autoclave-able) and QA. However for a lot of other things though are literally the same product, so it really isn't equivalent. If you are paying more for an individual (regular) Tylenol than you would have regularly paid for a box of them, it's hard to argue "value".