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Trump Order Declares He’ll Seek ‘Prompt Repeal’ of Obamacare

  • Orders agencies to try to waive or delay law’s ‘burdens’
  • Preibus issues memo ordering freeze on new regulations
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President Trump Signs Obamacare Executive Order

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday commanding federal agencies to try to waive or delay requirements of Obamacare that impose economic or regulatory burdens on states, families, the health-care industry and others.

The order declares that Trump’s administration will seek the “prompt repeal” of the law and that the government should prepare to “afford the states more flexibility and control to create a more free and open healthcare market.”