Can Billionaires SAVE US? Mark Cuban on being RICH

Can we join the billionaire group chat? When it comes to healthcare, can Mark Cuban save us? And post Luigi Mangione/United Healthcare, do rich people need more henchmen?

This week Nayeema asks the dumbest questions she could think of to the richest dude she could find. They tackle money, the broken healthcare system, and what the U.S. government could learn from the NBA when it comes to keeping billionaires in check. Oh, and find out what Mark Cuban is dumb about.

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References:
Cost Plus Drugs: https://www.costplusdrugs.com/
New York Times “Is It Basketball or Socialism?” – https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion...
“Who Will Care for Kinless Seniors” - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/03/he...

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00:00 Intro / Mark's Big First Guest Energy
02:20 What’s the difference between 1 million, 100 million and 1 billion?
05:02 Did money make you more generous?
07:07 You’re rich. Why are you still working?
08:09 Why is healthcare so screwed up?
11:13 Do rich people use health insurance?
11:59 What’s CostPlusDrugs all about?
13:44 Can you be a capitalist and a good guy?
14:30 Are billionaires or Bernie Sanders more likely to deliver universal healthcare?
16:39 If capitalism broke healthcare, can capitalism fix it?
19:05 Could you do this if you weren’t a billionaire?
20:00 Why is our healthcare tied to our employer in the US?
23:01 Insurance companies are hated. Will they go away?
24:32 Has Mark Cuban ever been screwed by an insurance company?
27:58 How much money is too much money?
30:51 Sponsored By Noom: Will being popular make me healthier?
31:45 What’s a better system than capitalism?
34:18 What can capitalism and US government learn from the NBA?
37:39 How can we make America more fair?
38:47 So ... can billionaires save us?
41:36 Should Mark be running a Dairy Queen?
42:56 Why can't we have a wealth tax?
44:04 Did Bill Gates steal Mark’s girls?
45:53 Is Mark hopeful about Elon Musk and DOGE?
46:34 Is there a Billionaire WhatsApp group?
46:55 What was more fun: Simpsons or Sharknado?
49:53 Should billionaires be politicians?
50:11 Do billionaires get a bad rap?
52:20 Wait -- why do I even care what billionaires think?
53:16 What is Mark Cuban dumb about?
56:19 Outro
57:53 Credits