Cuban: Five Fortune 50 companies leaving major PBMs would force immediate systemic reform
Mark Cuban · Sharks Never Stop Swimming: A Conversation with Mark Cuban · Mar 5, 2024 · at 13:04
Mark Cuban argues that corporate purchasing power among five large employers could single-handedly collapse current healthcare middleman business models.
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“If five of the Fortune 50 companies walked away from the big three insurance companies and the big three PBMs, they'd have to change their business models, and immediately, immediately the entire healthcare system would change.”
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