Fat Joeis the latest to take a stand against the lack of price transparency in healthcare.
“To every elected official and politician in America… the people stand united, desperate for you to listen,” Fat Joe says in the PSA. “If you’re not advocating for prices and transparency in healthcare… you are compromising every single American across this country."
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Power to the Patients is a nonprofit founded in 2021 dedicated to creating a more affordable healthcare system via price transparency.
Then-PresidentDonald Trumpsigned an executive order in 2021 requiring hospitals to make the prices of their services public. PresidentJoe Bidenfollowed it up with an executive order for the Department of Health and Human Services to actually enforce it.
Fat Joe.Courtesy of Power to the Patients
Courtesy of Power to the Patients
As for how compliance is enforced, hospitals are typically given warnings instead of fines.
Power to the Patients previously enlisted Joe and Public Enemy frontmanChuck Dfor an event in Washington D.C. to rally support for the cause.The Foo Fightersalsoperformed.
You can find out more information on Power to the Patientshere.
source: people.com