MMA Fighters and Health Insurance
According to an article on Yahoo sports today, two popular MMA fighters were injured recent MMA sanctioned fights this past week and both were uninsured! The fighters were Jessica Bednark and Zach Kirk.
Because MMA is such a dangerous sport, and injuries are common, health insurance companies are not anxious to cover participants. While the promoters of UFC, Strikeforce and Sengoku will apy for the medical expenses that result from injuries in the ring, they are unable to get health coverage for the fighters.
Even if these fighters apply for private health insurance on their own, and indicate their profession as mixed martial arts, the premiums are so high that a fighter can’t afford them, or the health insurance companies won’t cover them at all.
