Executive Order 13765
| Executive Order Minimizing the Economic Burden of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Pending Repeal | |
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| Type | Executive order |
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| Executive Order number | 13765 |
| Signed by | Donald Trump on January 20, 2017 |
| Federal Register details | |
| Federal Register document number | 2017-01799 |
| Publication date | January 24, 2017 |
| Document citation | 8351 |
| Summary | |
| Directs agencies to hinder parts of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) that entail financial burdens, and begin transition to repeal of that law | |
Executive Order 13765 is the first executive order signed by U.S. President Donald Trump on January 20, 2017, which set out interim procedures in anticipation of repeal of Obamacare.
The executive order came on Trump's campaign pledges to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and occurred just hours after he was sworn into office. Trump stated sorting out a replacement will take a long time and the replacement may not be ready until 2018.
The order was designed to weaken regulations and procedures associated with enforcement of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. It was broken into six sections:
In February 2017, it was reported that the Internal Revenue Service would not require tax filers to state whether they had compliant insurance, allowing them to avoid the penalty fine. The IRS said that this change would reduce administrative burdens on taxpayers. It was criticized for weakening an enforcement mechanism that lowers premiums by supporting wide participation in the markets.
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