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Mark Cuban’s Plan to Make Healthcare Affordable
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Show Notes
Mark Cuban thinks AI could transform healthcare, but it won’t fix opaque prices and broken incentives on its own. His starting point for employers: run every benefits contract through AI and ask where you’re getting ripped off.
Mark joins a16z General Partner Julie Yoo and Erik Torenberg to discuss what he’s learned building Cost Plus Drugs, why trust is its core product, and how greater transparency could put pressure on healthcare costs.
They also explore where AI can help, what personalized medicine could look like, how the role of doctors may change, and why Mark believes founders should use AI to learn, not as an excuse to stop thinking.
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Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company: https://costplusdrugs.com/
Cost Plus Wellness: https://costpluswellness.com/
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