Healthcare is one of the few industries where a life-saving procedure can carry a five-figure price tag while the doctor performing it walks away with a fraction of the bill. That disconnect is precisely what billionaire entrepreneur and Cost Plus Drugs co-founder Mark Cuban wants to change.
During an appearance on the “How I Doctor” podcast with Dr. Graham Walker, Cuban argued that one of the biggest misconceptions in healthcare is that physicians are overpaid. In reality, he said, the incentives are often backward.