President Donald Trump signs his first executive order as president, ordering federal agencies to ease the burden of President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act, Jan. 20, in Washington, D.C.\u00a0 (Kevin Dietsch – Pool\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
Within hours of taking the oath, President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at \u201cminimizing the economic burden\u201d of Obamacare \u201cpending repeal,\u201d to make good on one of his most impassioned campaign promises of dismantling his predecessor\u2019s healthcare law, writes Lalit K. Jha. <\/b>\u2013 @Siliconeer #Siliconeer #Obamacare #RepealingAffordbaleHealthcare #TheWhiteHouse #PresidentDonaldTrump<\/p>\n
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The one-page executive order was Trump\u2019s first since becoming the 45th<\/sup> President of the U.S. The order says \u201cIt is the policy of my administration to seek the prompt repeal\u201d of the law.<\/p>\n Moving into the Oval Office soon after his inaugural parade concluded, Trump signed the order on Affordable Care Act directing \u201cthe departments and agencies to ease the burden of Obamacare as we transition to repeal and replace,\u201d White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer told reporters.<\/p>\n The order was titled \u201cMinimizing the economic burden of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act pending repeal.\u201d The White House did not provide details about which aspects of the law Trump wanted to target through this order.<\/p>\n The order asks federal departments and agencies to take actions consistent with law to minimize the unwarranted economic and regulatory burdens of the Act, and prepare to afford the states more flexibility and control to create a more free and open healthcare market.<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s move came a few hours after he drive to the White House from Capitol in a motorcade. With his signature on Day One, Trump has sent a powerful message that his priority would be dismantling the healthcare law that covers some 20 million Americans and was the signature healthcare program of his predecessor Barack Obama.<\/p>\n During his extremely grueling election campaign, he had promised to take steps on his first day in office to repeal \u2018Obamacare,\u2019 as the law is popularly known.<\/p>\n The Republican controlled Congress has already take steps to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Earlier this month, they signed bills to complete the first step to repeal the law.<\/p>\n Republicans view Obamacare as a costly drift toward socialized, European-style medical care. The Trump Administration is in process of its fast replacement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" President Donald Trump signs his first executive order as president, ordering federal agencies to ease the burden of President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act, Jan. 20, in Washington, D.C.\u00a0 (Kevin Dietsch – Pool\/Getty Images) Within hours of taking the oath, President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at \u201cminimizing the economic burden\u201d of Obamacare…<\/p>\n