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The Real Price of Healthcare with Mark Cuban

2024/3/29
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Mark Cuban: 美国医疗保健系统混乱且缺乏透明度，如同欧佩克组织一样。患者不知道自己的医疗保健费用花在了哪里，为什么这么贵。Cost Plus Drugs公司通过公开成本、加价和价格，提高了透明度，改变了现状。许多药品价格被严重抬高，例如一种药物的价格从一万美金降到了五十美金。通过与医疗服务提供商直接谈判，可以大幅降低医疗成本。企业应该关注医疗保健成本，并积极寻找降低成本的方法，例如直接支付医疗费用，而不是依赖保险公司。企业应该避免使用大型PBM（药房福利管理公司）、保险公司和员工福利管理公司，并聘请专门的医疗保健CFO来管理医疗保健成本。公开医疗保健合同可以迅速降低医疗成本。改变医疗保健行业需要企业自身的努力，而不是依赖政府或大型机构。 David Ulevitch: 与Mark Cuban讨论了医疗保健行业的问题，以及Cost Plus Drugs公司如何试图改变这一现状。探讨了政府在规范医疗保健行业中的作用，以及企业如何通过自身努力来降低医疗成本。 David Ulevitch: 就美国医疗保健系统中存在的诸多问题，与Mark Cuban进行了深入探讨。讨论内容涵盖了药品价格的不透明性、保险公司和PBM（药房福利管理公司）的运作方式、以及企业如何通过直接与医疗服务提供商谈判来降低成本等方面。此外，还探讨了政府在规范医疗保健行业中的潜在作用，以及企业如何通过自身努力来降低医疗成本，并最终改善整个医疗保健系统。

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Mark Cuban discusses his venture, Cost Plus Drugs, which aims to disrupt the prescription drug market by providing transparency in pricing.
  • Cost Plus Drugs publishes costs, markup, and pricing list.
  • The company offers drugs at a 15% markup plus a $10 shipping fee.
  • Mark Cuban shares a personal story about a drug that cost $10,000 being available for $50 through his company.

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From judging inventions on “Shark Tank” to reshaping the image of NBA ownership, Mark Cuban is known for many things. In this chat with a16z General Partner David Ulevitch, he discusses the importance of entrepreneurship for maintaining America’s status as the most innovative place on the planet. This includes making big bets, like he’s doing with Cost Plus Drugs, his latest venture that seeks to upend the prescription drug markets.

 

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