The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release


EXECUTIVE ORDER- - - - - - -


By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. It is the policy of my Administration to seek the prompt repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148), as amended (the "Act"). In the meantime, pending such repeal, it is imperative for the executive branch to ensure that the law is being efficiently implemented, take all actions consistent with law to minimize the unwarranted economic and regulatory burdens of the Act, and prepare to afford the States more flexibility and control to create a more free and open healthcare market.

Sec. 2. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) and the heads of all other executive departments and agencies (agencies) with authorities and responsibilities under the Act shall 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.

Sec. 3. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Secretary and the heads of all other executive departments and agencies with authorities and responsibilities under the Act, shall exercise all authority and discretion available to them to provide greater flexibility to States and cooperate with them in implementing healthcare programs.

Sec. 4. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the head of each department or agency with responsibilities relating to healthcare or health insurance shall encourage the development of a free and open market in interstate commerce for the offering of healthcare services and health insurance, with the goal of achieving and preserving maximum options for patients and consumers.

Sec. 5. To the extent that carrying out the directives in this order would require revision of regulations issued through notice-and-comment rulemaking, the heads of agencies shall comply with the Administrative Procedure Act and other applicable statutes in considering or promulgating such regulatory revisions.

Sec. 6. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.

(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

THE WHITE HOUSE,
January 20, 2017.

White House Presidential Actions

To a return to normalcy, freedom, and your ability to govern your own life; a toast to President Trump.

But...but...but...this looks like it means to LESSEN the role of government in our lives! That CAN't be right!

Ivan Betinov wrote:But...but...but...this looks like it means to LESSEN the role of government in our lives! That CAN't be right!

And...and...and...returning much power from the benevolent central government to the (gasp) individual states! How can this be?

The Glorious World of Next Tuesday was at our fingertips and now this. I though Trumpitler was a Fascist leaning, Putin loving tyrant? I'm not seeing a lot of effort to further centralize planning so far.

I can't imagine why my American komrades wouldn't want something as wonderful as their own version of our NHS.
No wait ,as an Englishman yes I can , we English get the s**t end of the stick when it comes to the National Health Service (paid for via our taxes) ,we have to pay high parking fees to park in English hospitals ,have to pay £8.40 for each item on our prescriptions (both of these things are free in Scotland,Wales & Northern Ireland) & we get told almost daily that another drug is too expensive & will be withdrawn from the English.
It also appears that the NHS believe that "cure is better than prevention" with many of the regular preventative tests you have over there, done only when something appears wrong .

Komrade Winston Churchillski wrote:I can't imagine why my American komrades wouldn't want something as wonderful as their own version of our NHS.
No wait ,as an Englishman yes I can , we English get the s**t end of the stick when it comes to the National Health Service (paid for via our taxes) ,we have to pay high parking fees to park in English hospitals ,have to pay £8.40 for each item on our prescriptions (both of these things are free in Scotland,Wales & Northern Ireland) & we get told almost daily that another drug is too expensive & will be withdrawn from the English.
It also appears that the NHS believe that "cure is better than prevention" with many of the regular preventative tests you have over there, done only when something appears wrong .

Socialism is quite liberating, isn't it. If it weren't for socialized medicine things would be a lot worse because you'd be exploited by capitalists and so suffer from the terrible ravages of alienation and oppression. You wouldn't notice your alienation and oppression only because you'd be under the evil spell of false-consciousness.

Luckily you've been spared all that and enjoy a life truly liberated, free, and healthy.

But, but, but, Comrade Otis (so good to see you again) they won't see this. They LIKE being under the thumb of massive government! Maybe they will enjoy being set free, absent the ACA penalty, and realize we nasty capitalists, actually do care about them. Not counting on it though.

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I bet, Trumpler only tries to divert attention of our masses from his even more egregious solo acts of kkkapitalistic tyranny!

Comrade Otis wrote:
Socialism is quite liberating, isn't it. If it weren't for socialized medicine things would be a lot worse because you'd be exploited by capitalists and so suffer from the terrible ravages of alienation and oppression. You wouldn't notice your alienation and oppression only because you'd be under the evil spell of false-consciousness.

Luckily you've been spared all that and enjoy a life truly liberated, free, and healthy.

Really silly thing is if an NHS hospital can't cope then the NHS pay the private hospitals to do operations,tests etc for them , when booking an appointment the NHS even include the private hospitals in the list of choices of where you'd like to have your operation/test done ,which is nice as the private hospitals don't charge for parking & NHS patients get treated the same as private patients but all it's paid for by the NHS ,how mad is that ?

Trump's Executive Order #2 was to reassign Rosie and Amy to work as whales at Seaworld.

If this is true, we need a second Women's March to oppose this abuse of women - and make signs that say, "Do not send Rosie and Amy as whales to Seaworld!"

Red Square wrote:Trump's Executive Order #2 was to reassign Rosie and Amy to work as whales at Seaworld.

There's a good nuke the whales joke somewhere in all this but I'll be darned if I can get a handle on a good punch line.

Red Square wrote:Trump's Executive Order #2 was to reassign Rosie and Amy to work as whales at Seaworld.

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If this is true, we need a second Women's March to oppose this abuse of women - and make signs that say, "Do not send Rosie and Amy as whales to Seaworld!"

AND, in order to cover their butt-hurt butts with GREENPEACE, they should all carry signs that declare:

This is not satire. This is HuffPo imitating the People's Cube.

Trump wants to interpret the Constitution the way the Founding Fathers did. Not cool.

People over pipelines. People over profits. People over the constitution.

People first. Bourgeois constitutional rights are against people.