Trump Targets Obamacare

United States 45th President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at “minimising the economic burden” of Obamacare “pending repeal,” to make good on one of his most impassioned campaign promises of dismantling his predecessor’s healthcare law. The order says “It is the policy of my administration to seek the prompt repeal” of the law.

Moving into the Oval Office soon after his inaugural parade concluded, Mr. Trump signed the order on Affordable Care Act directing “the departments and agencies to ease the burden of Obamacare as we transition to repeal and replace,” White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer told reporters.

The order was titled “Minimising the economic burden of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act pending repeal”. The White House did not provide details about which aspects of the law Mr. Trump wanted to target through this order.