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Mark Cuban Calls for Healthcare System Overhaul

1/22/2026

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Mark Cuban, entrepreneur and investor, says U.S. healthcare system benefits hospitals and insurers while inflating costs.
Cuban criticizes the system's complexity and lack of transparency, arguing it rewards overbilling.
Cuban advocates breaking up large healthcare conglomerates, likening the move to the 1984 AT&T breakup.
Cuban highlights pharmacy benefit managers as profit engines for insurance companies.
Cuban's Cost Plus Drugs aims to provide transparent pricing, challenging the entrenched system.

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Mark Cuban, entrepreneur and investor, says U.S. healthcare system benefits hospitals and insurers while inflating costs.
Cuban criticizes the system's complexity and lack of transparency, arguing it rewards overbilling.
Cuban advocates breaking up large healthcare conglomerates, likening the move to the 1984 AT&T breakup.
Cuban highlights pharmacy benefit managers as profit engines for insurance companies.
Cuban's Cost Plus Drugs aims to provide transparent pricing, challenging the entrenched system.