First on Fox: Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) heavyweight Jon Jones announced Thursday that he is about to take a big blow to the hidden prices of healthcare.
UFC heavyweight champion John Jones said he will launch a new initiative to partner with nonprofit powers with patients to compete with hospitals, pharmacy profit managers and insurance companies. Prices to spend more profits.
“This next fight for me is a personal battle, but it's not just me. It's for all Americans who have ever been bullied, taken away, or fooled. It's definitely mys It's the most important battle of my career,” Jones said at a mock press conference, similar to the people he will be taking part in announcing his next UFC opponent. “My next opponent is the American healthcare system.”
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Screenshot from John Jones' announcement on Thursday about his new initiative on power over patients. (John Jones)
During his first term, President Donald Trump passed the healthcare price transparency rule that would force hospitals and insurance companies to publish all prices, so patients would have more to say about where they are treated. They made informed decisions, which resulted in increasing competition and low prices. .
On the 2024 campaign trail, President Trump proposed in an interview with Podcaster Theophone that the lack of transparency around healthcare prices amounts to the “terror” of these wealthy companies, and former President Joe Biden He accused former Vice President Kamala Harris of refusing. Implement his first term rules. But according to Trump, he will be “closing” to ensure that this kind of transparency in the healthcare system will come to fruition.
In a mock press conference, Jones said people need to know whether an MRI is $600 or $6,000, and said “In America there's no need to advocate for integrity and accountability in healthcare.”
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The photo shows a medical bill similar to what most patients get. (istock)
According to some studies, healthcare costs are a major cause of bankruptcy in the US. The National Institutes of Health hypothesized in a 2019 debtor survey that the majority of 58.5% of respondents agreed that medical expenses contributed to financial hardship.
Trump said that if his first term rules on medical price transparency were enforced in the way he envisioned, it could have reduced the price of care by 50% to 60%. Trump also denounced the “strong” lobby in the healthcare industry for reasons that the rules are not properly enforced.
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Jones and Trump are allies – the fighter presented the president's championship belt in one of his most recent fights, shocking fans with Trump's signature dance moves after his victory – the issue is bipartisan It's something. In the final legislature, a cohort of Republicans and Democrats tried to pass legislation that concluded improvements in price transparency for hospitals and insurance companies.
President Elect Donald Trump greets John Jones after beating Stipe Miocic at UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden in New York on November 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
The power to the patient is not stranger to the power of the stars. The group has partnered with country superstars Rainey Wilson and Jerry Roll, as well as rappers Fat Joe and Method Man.
“I'm proud to be empowered with patients and join hospitals and insurance companies that refuse to display prices,” Jones told Fox News Digital.
“For many years, hospitals and insurance companies have ignored rules requiring patients to disclose prices before care. In a healthcare system that lacks transparency and accountability, “without actual prices, hospitals and insurance companies have ignored rules that require patients to disclose prices to patients before care. Health insurance companies provide medical care in the US. It is affordable, inaccessible and completely dishonest. If you can't pay or compare the actual price, we will overcharge, adjust the price, You can see that the surprising bill is blind to being correct.”
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“In his first term, President Trump acted aggressively and historicly to make medical prices available to patients before they can take care, rather than sticking them on Americans with surprise bills. “We took it,” said White House spokesman Kush Desai. “After the Biden administration ignored the implementation of these common-sense ideas and allowed the healthcare industry to keep patients in the dark, the Second Trump administration was to give Americans the choices and transparency they want. , making informed decisions that are committed to lowering costs and making America healthy again.”
