Barely 24 hours after he took oath of office, US President, Donald Trump has signed an executive order to commence the process of rolling back Obamacare.
The Order
stated that the administration's official policy is "to seek the prompt
repeal" of the Affordable Care Act -- but at the same time emphasized that
it must continue to uphold the law.
By
appending his signature to the Order, Trump has sent a powerful signal on Day
One of his presidency in fulfilling one of his campaign agenda which is
dismantling the health care law that covers some 20 million Americans.
It directs
the secretary of health and human services, as well as other agencies, to
interpret regulations as loosely as allowed to minimize the financial burden on
individuals, insurers, health care providers and others.
It
stressed that agencies can "waive, defer, grant exemptions from or delay
implementation of any provision or requirement" of Obamacare that imposes
a burden "to the maximum extent permitted by law."
One
possible example is the individual mandate, which requires most Americans to be
insured or pay a penalty unless they can prove a financial hardship.
All these
however, can only be achieved when a health secretary and other key HHS officials are appointed to
work on changing those guidance and regulations.
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