Mark Cuban on Running for President as a Republican: "It Would Be SO Much Fun" | Pivot

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

August 21, 2026

Duration

1h 9m

Channel

Pivot

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Subscribe to Pivot! https://www.youtube.com/@pivot?sub_confirmation=1 Scott Free August continues, and Kara sits down with Mark Cuban — entrepreneur and co-founder of Cost Plus Drugs. They dig into why prescription drug prices are finally falling, Cuban's war with the healthcare industry, and Costco's surprising Medicare play. Then: why Cuban thinks chips are the new crypto, and California's controversial billionaire tax. Plus — will Cuban actually run for president? 00:00 Intro 00:58 Why RX Prices Are Falling 8:30 What’s Broken in Healthcare 15:57 Costco Gets Into Medicare 22:49 Divesting From Big Health Insurers 25:12 Are Chips the New Crypto? 33:02 Billionaires Buying Sports Teams 43:20 California’s Billionaire Tax 50:34 Turning Against Big Tech 54:39 Medicare for All? 59:34 Will Mark Cuban Run for President? 1:06:31 Predictions #pivot #podcast #karaswisher #markcuban #prescriptiondrugs #healthcare #costplusdrugs #costco #medicare #insurance #crypto #billionaire #billionaires #california #taxes #bigtech #president #2028 Producers: Lara Naaman Zoë Marcus Taylor Griffin Todd Wiseman Vox Media's Executive Producer of Podcasts: Nishat Kurwa Subscribe to Pivot on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pivot/id1073226719 Subscribe to Pivot on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4MU3RFGELZxPT9XHVwTNPR Follow us on Instagram and Threads at: https://www.instagram.com/pivotpodcastofficial/ Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@PIVOTPODCAST Send us your questions by calling us at 855-51-PIVOT, or email pivot@voxmedia.com

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Mark Cuban

  guest

  Entrepreneur and co-founder of Cost Plus Drugs.

• Kara Swisher

  host

  Journalist and podcast host at Vox Media/New York Magazine (Pivot).

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Pivot, featuring Mark Cuban and Kara Swisher, Mark Cuban on Running for President as a Republican: "It Would Be SO Much Fun" | Pivot explores mark Cuban targets healthcare middlemen, touts AI, discusses politics, sports Cuban credits recent prescription price declines mainly to biosimilars and increased competition, while also acknowledging Medicare drug negotiation and out-of-pocket caps as meaningful policy drivers for patients.

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