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Mark Cuban
03/30/24
@ Lex Fridman
By analyzing our prescription drug costs, I discovered that we spent $169,000 with a pharmacy benefit manager, while it would have only cost $19,000 through Cost Plus Drugs.
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Mark Cuban: Shark Tank, DEI & Wokeism Debate, Elon Musk, Politics & Drugs | Lex Fridman Podcast #422
@ Lex Fridman
03/30/24
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Mark Cuban
03/30/24
@ Lex Fridman
Cost Plus Drugs provides a transparent price list for over 2,500 drugs, contrasting sharply with the lack of transparency from major pharmacy benefit managers.
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Mark Cuban
03/30/24
@ Lex Fridman
When you visit costplusdrugs.com, you can see the actual costs of medications, including a 15% markup and any pharmacy fees, which revolutionizes drug pricing in America.
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Mark Cuban
03/30/24
@ Lex Fridman
When I started Cost Plus Drugs, I realized I needed to understand how I was paying for healthcare for my employees and their families.
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Mark Cuban
03/30/24
@ Lex Fridman
I started Cost Plus Drugs after realizing the inefficiencies in the pharmaceutical market, especially after the price hike of a drug by Martin Shkreli.
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Mark Cuban
03/30/24
@ Lex Fridman
Cost Plus Drugs aims to solve the issue of trust in healthcare through complete transparency in drug pricing.
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Mark Cuban
03/30/24
@ Lex Fridman
Cost Plus Drugs is working with independent pharmacies to create supportive programs that can help break the current cartel-like structure of the pharmaceutical industry.
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Mark Cuban
03/30/24
@ Lex Fridman
The big pharmacy benefit managers prioritize profits over everything, operating in an opaque industry where they can manipulate prices without accountability.
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Mark Cuban
03/30/24
@ Lex Fridman
We aim to create a transparent pricing model for medications, allowing consumers to see the actual costs and markups, which can disrupt the current opaque system.
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Mark Cuban
03/30/24
@ Lex Fridman
When dealing with big pharmacy benefit managers, obtaining claims data can be a lengthy and frustrating process, often requiring significant pressure to receive any information.