By Toluse Olorunnipa
October
10, 2017, 5:58 AM CDT
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President says he’ll take executive action on Obamacare
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Trump to act because Congress ‘can’t get its act together’
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Trump Says 'We Have the Votes for Health Care'
President Donald Trump on Tuesday pledged to
take executive action on health care, saying he would go around Congress to
provide new insurance options for Americans.
“Since Congress can’t get its act together on
HealthCare, I will be using the power of the pen to give great HealthCare to
many people – FAST,” Trump tweeted.
Trump didn’t provide additional detail on what
executive action he would take and the White House didn’t immediately respond
to a request for comment.
The Wall Street Journal reported last week
that Trump would sign an executive order to lift some of the insurance
regulations set by President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act, including
looking at ways for people and organizations to join together to buy insurance
plans. Republican Senator Rand Paul has been encouraging Trump to take
executive action to allow for so-called “association health plans.”
Trump has failed multiple times this year to
come up with a legislative alternative to the Affordable Care Act that could
pass the Senate.
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