{"id":9856,"date":"2017-01-21T00:28:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-21T00:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/2017\/01\/21\/trump-signs-executive-order-to-ease-the-burdens-of-obamacare\/"},"modified":"2017-01-21T00:28:00","modified_gmt":"2017-01-21T00:28:00","slug":"trump-signs-executive-order-to-ease-the-burdens-of-obamacare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/trump-signs-executive-order-to-ease-the-burdens-of-obamacare\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Signs Executive Order To &#039;Ease The Burdens Of Obamacare&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-style:italic;font-size:16px\">By  <a class=\"colorbox\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2017\/01\/20\/510868508\/trump-signs-executive-order-to-ease-the-burdens-of-obamacare-details-still-uncle?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=healthcare\">Scott Horsley<\/a><\/span>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2017\/01\/20\/510868508\/trump-signs-executive-order-to-ease-the-burdens-of-obamacare-details-still-uncle?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=healthcare\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2017\/01\/20\/ap_17021011997204_custom-eb8cd81e147057cee36a8684997630db4ce780bb-s1100-c15.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2017\/01\/20\/ap_17021011997204_custom-eb8cd81e147057cee36a8684997630db4ce780bb-s1200.jpg\">Enlarge this image<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>President Trump signs a confirmation for James Mattis to be defense secretary, Friday in the Oval Office. <strong>Evan Vucci\/AP<\/strong> <strong>hide caption<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>toggle caption<\/strong><\/div>\n<p><span>Evan Vucci\/AP<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>As promised, President Trump got to work on Day One, spending some time in the Oval Office in between the inaugural parade and a trio of formal balls.<\/p>\n<p>Trump signed an executive order Friday night directing government agencies to &#8220;ease the burdens&#8221; of Obamacare while the new administration and Congress work toward repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act.<\/p>\n<p>White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus presented Trump with the order, which he described as: &#8220;An executive order minimizing the economic burden of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act pending repeal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not clear what kind of relief the executive order envisions.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also signed paperwork authorizing the elevation of two new Cabinet secretaries. The Senate voted this evening to confirm Trump&#8217;s nominees for defense secretary, James Mattis, and homeland security secretary, John Kelly.<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS\">@potus<\/a> signs documents to allow Mattis and Kelly to be sworn in &amp; exec order on <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Obamacare?src=hash\">#Obamacare<\/a> <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CdGcGlyfbI\">pic.twitter.com\/CdGcGlyfbI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sean Spicer (@PressSec) <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressSec\/status\/822600983117185024\">January 21, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Trump called his first day in office &#8220;busy, but good.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A beautiful day,&#8221; he added, before changing into formal wear for a round of celebratory balls.<\/p>\n<div><span>Article continues after <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/about-npr\/186948703\/corporate-sponsorship\" target=\"_blank\">sponsorship<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<aside>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Also Friday evening, Priebus was preparing a memo for all federal agencies, ordering a freeze on government regulations. It was not immediately clear whether that order would apply retroactively to regulations in the pipeline from the outgoing Obama administration.<\/p>\n<p>Trump was joined in the Oval Office this evening by his national security adviser, Mike Flynn; son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, and campaign manager turned counselor Kellyanne Conway.<\/p>\n<p>The new president is already putting his mark on the workspace. Crimson drapes in the Oval Office have been replaced with gold. Obama&#8217;s rug, featuring inspirational quotes such as, &#8220;The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends towards justice,&#8221; has been swapped for a new floor covering. And a bust of Winston Churchill once again occupies a place of honor. The Churchill bust had been removed during the Obama years, replaced by a bust of Martin Luther King Jr. That bust is still there.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/\">Let&#8217;s block ads!<\/a><\/strong> <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/acceptable.html\">(Why?)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source:: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2017\/01\/20\/510868508\/trump-signs-executive-order-to-ease-the-burdens-of-obamacare-details-still-uncle?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=healthcare\" class=\"colorbox\" title=\"Trump Signs Executive Order To &#039;Ease The Burdens Of Obamacare&#039;\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2017\/01\/20\/510868508\/trump-signs-executive-order-to-ease-the-burdens-of-obamacare-details-still-uncle?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=healthcare<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2017\/01\/20\/510868508\/trump-signs-executive-order-to-ease-the-burdens-of-obamacare-details-still-uncle?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=healthcare\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2017\/01\/20\/ap_17021011997204_custom-eb8cd81e147057cee36a8684997630db4ce780bb-s1100-c15.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2017\/01\/20\/ap_17021011997204_custom-eb8cd81e147057cee36a8684997630db4ce780bb-s1200.jpg\">Enlarge this image<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>President Trump signs a confirmation for James Mattis to be defense secretary, Friday in the Oval Office. <strong>Evan Vucci\/AP<\/strong> <strong>hide caption<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>toggle caption<\/strong><\/div>\n<p><span>Evan Vucci\/AP<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>As promised, President Trump got to work on Day One, spending some time in the Oval Office in between the inaugural parade and a trio of formal balls.<\/p>\n<p>Trump signed an executive order Friday night directing government agencies to &#8220;ease the burdens&#8221; of Obamacare while the new administration and Congress work toward repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act.<\/p>\n<p>White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus presented Trump with the order, which he described as: &#8220;An executive order minimizing the economic burden of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act pending repeal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not clear what kind of relief the executive order envisions.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also signed paperwork authorizing the elevation of two new Cabinet secretaries. The Senate voted this evening to confirm Trump&#8217;s nominees for defense secretary, James Mattis, and homeland security secretary, John Kelly.<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS\">@potus<\/a> signs documents to allow Mattis and Kelly to be sworn in &amp; exec order on <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Obamacare?src=hash\">#Obamacare<\/a> <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CdGcGlyfbI\">pic.twitter.com\/CdGcGlyfbI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sean Spicer (@PressSec) <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressSec\/status\/822600983117185024\">January 21, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Trump called his first day in office &#8220;busy, but good.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A beautiful day,&#8221; he added, before changing into formal wear for a round of celebratory balls.<\/p>\n<div><span>Article continues after <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/about-npr\/186948703\/corporate-sponsorship\" target=\"_blank\">sponsorship<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<aside>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Also Friday evening, Priebus was preparing a memo for all federal agencies, ordering a freeze on government regulations. It was not immediately clear whether that order would apply retroactively to regulations in the pipeline from the outgoing Obama administration.<\/p>\n<p>Trump was joined in the Oval Office this evening by his national security adviser, Mike Flynn; son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, and campaign manager turned counselor Kellyanne Conway.<\/p>\n<p>The new president is already putting his mark on the workspace. Crimson drapes in the Oval Office have been replaced with gold. Obama&#8217;s rug, featuring inspirational quotes such as, &#8220;The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends towards justice,&#8221; has been swapped for a new floor covering. And a bust of Winston Churchill once again occupies a place of honor. The Churchill bust had been removed during the Obama years, replaced by a bust of Martin Luther King Jr. That bust is still there.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/\">Let&#8217;s block ads!<\/a><\/strong> <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/acceptable.html\">(Why?)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9856\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}