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Pivot · August 21, 2026 · 1h 15m

Mark Cuban on High Drug Prices, Taxing Billionaires, and 2028

Mark Cuban

Kara Swisher interviews Mark Cuban about the forces pushing prescription drug prices down and his fight with the healthcare industry as co-founder of Cost Plus Drugs. They examine Costco's unexpected Medicare move and what it signals for healthcare competition. Cuban explains why he sees computing chips as the new crypto, and the conversation turns to California's billionaire tax. The episode closes with the recurring question of whether Cuban will run for president.

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Highlights

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Prescription Drug Prices Are Finally Falling
Cuban and Swisher discuss why prescription drug prices are falling and what it means for the pharmaceutical market.
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Mark Cuban's War With the Healthcare Industry
Cuban describes his healthcare work as a fight against entrenched industry players rather than a conventional business launch.
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Costco's Surprising Medicare Play
Swisher and Cuban discuss Costco's move into Medicare and why it qualifies as a surprise.
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Editorial

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Chips Are the New Crypto
Cuban argues that computing chips are becoming the new crypto as an object of investment and speculation.
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California's Billionaire Tax
The conversation covers California's billionaire tax and the controversy around it.
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Will Mark Cuban Run for President?
Swisher addresses the question of whether Cuban will run for president.
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Misc

✧The episode is part of Scott-Free August, with Kara Swisher interviewing Mark Cuban without Scott Galloway.
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