Mark Cuban launched Cost Plus Drugs after Republican friends asked for an alternative to Obamacare

What inspired Shark Tank star and billionaire Mark Cuban to launch his pharmaceutical company, Cost Plus Drugs, was conversations with politicians about a contentious topic: Obamacare.

"Going back to 2018 or 2017, being here in Texas, I had some Republican friends who were asking me questions like, 'Do you have any ideas how the Republicans can replace the ACA, Obamacare?'" Cuban told the hosts of the "Hims House" podcast on Tuesday.

At the time he said he didn’t, but that got Cuban curious.