Mark Cuban: The Patron Saint of Patients?
Mark Cuban said the quiet part out loud. The healthcare industry doesn’t hate transparency. It hates accountability. When Cuban called out the “PBM Mafia” in his Senate testimony, you could see the lobbyists sweating through their suits. He built Cost Plus Drugs to prove a simple truth: the problem isn’t science or supply, it’s greed and gatekeeping. The middlemen have turned prescription access into a casino, and patients are the chips.
For years, we’ve been told the system is too complex to fix. Translation: too profitable to touch. Cuban walked in with spreadsheets and receipts. He didn’t need a PAC, a lobbying firm, or a pharma golf weekend. He just needed math. That’s what scares them. Transparency scales faster than corruption when someone with money and morals backs it.
He reminded Congress that capitalism without conscience is theft. Not innovation. Not competition. Theft. When billion-dollar PBMs “negotiate” rebates that never reach patients, it’s not negotiation. It’s extortion in a lab coat.
We don’t need more panels or pilot programs. We need enforcement. Subpoenas. Jail time. Cuban’s testimony didn’t introduce new facts. It confirmed what patients have lived for decades. The system works perfectly—for everyone but us.
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