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Trump Signs Redundant Executive Order Calling For Coverage Of Preexisting Conditions

The EO also describes actions the administration has been taking to end “surprise billing”

 
• By Sue Darcey

President Trump is flayed by Democrats for using an executive order to grab credit for a preexisting conditions coverage mandate that’s already contained in the Affordable Care Act, signed by President Obama.

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 12, 2019: President Donald Trump pauses with a serious face during a press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House with Polish President Andrzej Duda.
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order calling for health care plan reforms already covered by the ACA

Two Senate Democrats on 24 September blasted an executive order (EO) signed by the president on the same day calling for already-existing mandates found in the Affordable Care Act that enforce preexisting conditions insurance coverage, while simultaneously supporting a lawsuit to end the ACA.

Washington state Democrat Sen. Patty Murray, ranking member of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, said that with...

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