First on FOX: A nonprofit patient rights advocacy group praised the sign at Times Square in New York City President Donald Trump To “delivery” major healthcare promises within the first 100 days of inauguration.
Signs placed by patient rightsadvocate.org will run from April 28th to May 4th to promote Trump’s executive order Signed in February Instructs departments of the Ministry of Finance, Labor and Health and Welfare to make medical prices transparent.
“President Trump provides transparency in healthcare prices,” Billboard says, along with a photo of Trump, similar to Superman. “First 100 days!”
Trump’s order directed the department to “quickly implement and enforce” transparent regulations on Trump’s healthcare prices. Biden administration.
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The department ensures that hospitals and insurance companies disclose actual prices rather than estimates and take action to rival prices at hospitals and insurance companies, including prescription drug prices.
Pra says that more than one in three Americans postponed or avoided care they postponed or avoided because of “fears of unknown costs,” and 100 million Americans have medical debt, representing the biggest cause of personal bankruptcy.
“The size of President Trump providing ‘radical’ price transparency in healthcare is historic,” Cynthia Fisher, founder and chairman of PatientRightSadvocate.org, said in a statement.
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“Patients have access to actual prices rather than estimates before they get immediate care. Price creates a functional market where consumers benefit from competition and choices to reduce costs,” Fisher continued. “Soon, patients will be able to shop for the best care at the best prices. Prices protect remedies and rely on patients from overcharging, errors and fraud. We are approaching changing power to consumers to lead healthier and longer lives at a much lower cost.”
Andrew Brenbag, former assistant to President Donald Trump and director of the first Trump White House domestic policy council, also promoted Trump’s executive order, saying the president “signed a stronger price-transparent executive order built on the healthcare legacy of his first term.
“His efforts to deliver real prices rather than estimates underscore an unwavering commitment to Americans. President Trump has a bold vision to change the American healthcare system, which is price-transparent as a catalyst.”
The executive order points to many current concerns Healthcare pricesPrices including that vary between hospitals in the same area.
“One Wisconsin patient saved $1,095 by shopping for two tests between two hospitals within 30 minutes of each other,” the statement said.
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The Billboard touting President Donald Trump’s healthcare executive order will be running in Times Square. (Fox News Digital)
One economic analysis claims that Trump’s original price transparency rules could, if fully implemented, could save $80 billion in savings to consumers, employers and insurance companies by 2025.
“The hospital wanted me to pay $3,700 for a simple fibroid removal procedure,” Arizona patient Teresa Schmotzer said in a statement at the time of Billboard placement. “It seemed expensive, so I went looking for something that should cost me. I found the actual price online and found out my share was only $700 instead of $3,700. I’m not an estimate, I saved $3,000 so I saved the actual price.
States across the country are pushing for similar measures in the form of laws to provide more transparency about the health costs that patients expect, including in Ohio, where the law was recently implemented. Sign the law The hospital requires that accurate prices be posted in dollars and cents for all available services.
“They will be able to check and compare them and go to different places, so they can buy the highest quality care at the best cost,” Trump wrote a statement when signing the executive order. “And this is about high quality care. You’re looking at it, you’re looking at it. You’re looking at the talent comparison. This is very important. And you’re looking at the cost too.
Alexandra Koch of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
