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PodcastThe Reason Interview With Nick GillespieOctober 14, 2026

Mark Cuban: 'I'd Get Rid of All Political Parties'

Cuban says vertically integrated healthcare conglomerates like UnitedHealth, not government or drugmakers, are the main driver of unaffordable U.S. healthcare costs.

  • Breakup Big Medicine Act: Cuban backs Warren/Hawley's bill to end vertical integration; UnitedHealth has over 3,000 subsidiaries and $150 billion in intercompany transfers, more than 13 states' GDP combined.
  • Gag clauses kill price discovery: Cuban says PBM/insurer contracts (e.g. city of Dallas's 1,300-page deal) hide pricing; he tells clients to feed contracts to AI with the prompt 'where are they ripping us off?'

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