US President, Donald Trump has signed an executive order which targets his predecessor's health care reforms, known as Obamacare. In his first executive order, President directed agencies to ease the economic burden of the laws.<br/><br/> The order directs federal agencies to stop issuing regulations that would expand the law's reach. It also directs the agencies to grant waivers, exemptions and delays of provisions in the Affordable Care Act that would impose costs on states or individuals, potentially including the law's penalties on people who remain uninsured. <br/><br/>The order allows the Health and Human Services Department and other federal agencies to delay implementing any piece of the law that might impose a fiscal burden on states, health care providers, families or individuals.
News On AIR | January 21, 2017 2:14 PM
Donald Trump signs first executive order on Obamacare