President Trump signs executive order instructing federal agencies to ease burden of Affordable Care Actpic.twitter.com/YGS4BfIdse
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) January 21, 2017
Via Fox News:
In his first hours as president Friday, Donald Trump ordered an immediate regulatory freeze and directed federal agencies to “ease the burden” of ObamaCare.
White House spokesman Sean Spicer told reporters that White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus would send a memo to all agencies ordering a hold on all regulations. Spicer declined to give further details on the ObamaCare order.
Trump was joined in the Oval Office by Vice President Mike Pence, Priebus and other top advisers as he signed the executive order on President Obama’s signature health law, which he opposed throughout his campaign.
Update:
Some have read this as not imposing any new regulations re: Obamacare.
But it’s pretty clear it’s saying you cannot employ any tax or fee with regard to Obamacare.
So no fine.
