Core Perspective - Billionaire Mark Cuban is actively engaging in discussions about addressing world hunger and is focusing on reforming the American healthcare system as a more feasible area for impact [1][2]. Group 1: Healthcare Reform Initiatives - Cuban's company, Cost Plus Drugs, aims to reduce drug prices by removing middlemen, applying a 15% markup on medications, and providing a transparent price list for over 6,000 medications [3]. - Cuban criticizes pharmacy benefit managers for failing to lower costs and instead becoming profit-driven entities that have expanded their influence in the healthcare sector [4]. Group 2: Universal Healthcare Challenges - Cuban acknowledges that transitioning to a universal healthcare system in the U.S. is complex and cannot be achieved quickly, emphasizing that countries with universal healthcare adopted it before the advent of expensive medical technologies [5]. - He proposes an alternative approach that minimizes the role of insurers, eliminates premiums, and promotes cash-pay options with clear pricing, allowing patients to pay what they can afford while taxpayers cover the remainder [6].