{"id":6638,"date":"2026-07-30T03:02:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T03:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=6638"},"modified":"2026-07-30T03:02:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T03:02:46","slug":"american-billionaire-mark-cuban-to-ceos-stop-getting-shocked-by-healthcare-costs-turn-to-your-hr-head-as-hr-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=6638","title":{"rendered":"American billionaire Mark Cuban to CEOs: Stop getting \u2018shocked\u2019 by healthcare costs, turn to your HR Head as HR is \u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-132699353,imgsize-71590,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/mark-cuban.jpg\" alt=\"American billionaire Mark Cuban to CEOs: Stop getting \u2018shocked\u2019 by healthcare costs, turn to your HR Head as HR is \u2026\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>American billionaire and entrepreneur <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/mark-cuban\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark Cuban<\/a> has urged the US CEOs to rethink how they manage employee healthcare, warning that executives are overspending because they lack visibility into complex insurance contracts. <!-- -->In a post shared on social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) Cuban said leaders often turn to their HR leads, who are \u201cunderstaffed\u201d and overwhelmed.<!-- --> \u201cThey are being asked to take care of all their employees and families and all the issues associated with keeping them as healthy and sane and productive as possible,\u201d he wrote.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Hidden costs in healthcare contracts<br \/><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Cuban also argued that vertically integrated conglomerates which own administrative service organisations (ASOs), pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), and clearinghouses \u2014 exploit employers\u2019 reluctance to switch providers. <!-- -->Brokers and consultants, he added, often discourage changes because of the extra work involved. \u201cThe vertically integrated conglomerates\u2026 know they are afraid to change, so they take advantage,\u201d Cuban said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>AI as a solution<br \/><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Cuban recommended CEOs use AI tools to review healthcare contracts and uncover hidden costs. \u201cWhat I told a CEO today? Take all of your healthcare contracts and put it in your Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, Gemini, whatever and use this prompt: \u2018Where are they ripping me off?\u2019 They are always shocked,\u201d he wrote.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Read Mark Cuban\u2019s complete post here<br \/><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"em\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">CEOs turn to their Head of HR. HR is understaffed. They are being asked to take care of all their employees and families and all the issues associated with keeping them as healthy and sane and productive give as possible. <\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/><span class=\"em\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">It\u2019s an impossible job. <\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/><span class=\"em\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">When I talk to that Head of HR, they say they have to trust the big insurance carriers who are their ASO and PBM. They have no choice but to <\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/><span class=\"em\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">On one hand their members are terrified to change their insurance carriers for fear of losing their doctor, or other continuity issues <\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/><span class=\"em\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">The vertically integrated conglomerates that own the ASO, PBM, ClearingHouse and so many more companies that have contracts with the employer , know they are afraid to change , so they take advantage<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"31\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"32\"\/><span class=\"em\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Even when that employer uses a consultant or broker , there is probably a 50pct or greater chance the broker\/consultant doesn\u2019t want to go through the work of changing, they would rather collect their fees and not change. <\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"34\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"35\"\/><span class=\"em\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">There are even reporting requirements (Form 5500) to disclose these costs, but the ceo has no clue about them. <\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"37\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"38\"\/><span class=\"em\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">All this leads to lack of change. Even when every penny they save goes right to the bottom line and increases their stock price <\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"40\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"41\"\/><span class=\"em\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">What I told a ceo today ? Take a off of all of your healthcare contracts and put it in your Claude , ChatGPT, grok, Gemini, whatever and use this prompt <\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"43\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"44\"\/><span class=\"em\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\u201cWhere are they ripping me off \u201c<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"46\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"47\"\/><span class=\"em\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">They are always shocked.<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"49\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"50\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/technology\/tech-news\/american-billionaire-mark-cuban-to-ceos-stop-getting-shocked-by-healthcare-costs-turn-to-your-hr-head-as-hr-is-\/articleshow\/132699361.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American billionaire and entrepreneur Mark Cuban has urged the US CEOs to rethink how they manage employee healthcare, warning that executives are overspending because they lack visibility into complex insurance contracts. 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