Mark Cuban, entrepreneur, investor, and cofounder of the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company, joins JAMA Editor in Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS, to discuss the role of pharmacy benefit managers, insurance formularies, and opaque pricing practices that shape how most Americans access prescription drugs. Hear why he thinks doctors are the good guys in a broken system.

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Opioid use disorder is the third most prevalent substance use disorder worldwide. Author Alexander Walley, MB, MSc, of Boston Medical Center and Boston University joins JAMA Deputy Editor Kristin Walter, MD, MS, to discuss the efficacy, safety, and practical considerations of treating patients with medications for opioid use disorder, opioid withdrawal, and opioid overdose.

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Restless legs syndrome is a sleep-related neurologic disorder that causes an overwhelming urge to move the limbs, which can cause substantial sleep disturbance. Author John W. Winkelman, MD, PhD, of Harvard Medical School joins JAMA Deputy Editor Kristin Walter, MD, MS, to discuss the symptoms, risk factors, diagnosis, and treatment of restless legs syndrome.

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