President Trump took a series of executive actions minutes after the inaugural parade concluded Friday evening, one of which was to place a regulatory freeze on all federal agencies until his administration provides further notice.
“The Trump administration will send a letter to all executive agencies tonight to immediately abide by a regulatory freeze,” White House press secretary Sean Spicer told reporters around 7:15 p.m. ET.
Reducing the regulatory burden on American industries was a central component of Trump’s populist campaign, and Friday’s executive order suggests the new Republican president is serious about taking steps to fulfill that promise during the first few days of his administration.
Trump also issued a memo to all agencies requesting that they begin to “ease the burden of Obamacare as we transition from repeal to replace,” Spicer said. He declined to provide specifics on what various agencies might do in response to the president’s directive.
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Obamacare exec order merely directs agencies to "ease burden" of Obamacare, but does not detail specific actions https://t.co/G9XJvzHw5O
— Philip Klein (@philipaklein) January 21, 2017
Text of President Trump's first executive order pic.twitter.com/sDSLnT5XmF
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) January 21, 2017
Sec. 2 here looks like it allows HHS/IRS to ignore the individual and employer mandates. https://t.co/TWfUNnzhpk
— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) January 21, 2017
Really?
If the individual mandate is gone, every insurance company in every exchange will pull out and Obamacare will collapse completely.
If you don’t have to buy insurance, but insurance companies have to cover you, why would anybody buy insurance until they get sick?
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