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Jan 24, 2017

One Healthcare Impact of President Trump’s Executive Order – Replacement Plans Emerging

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The Executive Order directs regulatory agencies to “exercise all authority and discretion available to them to waive, defer, grant exemptions from, or delay the implementation of any provision or requirement of the Act that would impose a fiscal burden on any State or a cost, fee, tax, penalty, or regulatory burden on individuals, families, healthcare providers, health insurers, patients, recipients of healthcare services, purchasers of health insurance, or makers of medical devices, products, or medications.”
 
The Order’s broad directive could be viewed in many ways as an extension of the President’s campaign promises to minimize the burden of ACA regulations pending the law’s ultimate repeal.
 
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