Trump orders freeze on new Obamacare regulations
In one of his first actions, President Trump signed an executive order Friday night issuing a government-wide freeze on any new Obamacare regulations, pending a repeal and replacement of the health care law.
Mr. Trump signed the order in the Oval Office, with aides saying it is intended to ease the regulatory burden of the law that was enacted in 2010.
White House chief of staff Reince Priebus, presenting the document to Mr. Trump at his desk, told reporters that the order would ease “the economic burden” of Obamacare pending repeal.
Health policy analysts said it was difficult to divine where the Obamacare order could lead, though a section of it appeared to target the unpopular “individual mandate” requiring people to gain insurance or pay a tax penalty.
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