Executive Order 13813

"Trumpcare" redirects here. For unsuccessful attempts by Congress to repeal the ACA, see American Health Care Act of 2017.
Executive Order 13813[1][2][3]
Executive Order Promoting Healthcare Choice and Competition
Seal of the President of the United States
TypeExecutive order
Executive Order number13813
Signed byDonald Trump on October 12, 2017 (2017-10-12)
Federal Register details
Federal Register document number2017-22677
Publication dateOctober 17, 2017 (2017-10-17)
Document citation82-48385
Summary
  • Allows insurance companies to sell low-cost short-term plans with lesser coverage;
  • Enables small business to collectively purchase association health plans;
  • Expands health savings accounts
President Trump signing the Executive Order, October 12, 2017.

The Executive Order Promoting Healthcare Choice and Competition, also known as the Trumpcare Executive Order, or Trumpcare,[4][5] is an Executive Order signed by Donald Trump on October 12, 2017, which directs federal agencies to modify how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of the Obama Administration is implemented. The order included a directive to federal agencies to end rules forbidding employers from using health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) to pay individual insurance premiums.[6]

In a separate announcement made shortly after the order was signed, Trump announced that he would end subsidies to health insurance companies that sell to low-income consumers through the state health insurance marketplaces.[7][8]

Some sources have described the effect of these executive actions as replacing Obamacare with a new healthcare regime; several days after signing the order, Donald Trump himself stated in a press conference that reporters should no longer refer to "Obamacare" because "it's gone, there is no such thing as Obamacare anymore".[9]

Executive Order 13813 was formally revoked by President Joe Biden on January 28, 2021.[10]

  1. ^ "EXECUTIVE ORDER 13813" (PDF). Amazon S3. United States: Amazon.com. October 12, 2017. Retrieved October 17, 2017.
  2. ^ Office of the Press Secretary (October 12, 2017). "Presidential Executive Order Promoting Healthcare Choice and Competition Across the United States". whitehouse.gov. Washington, D.C. Retrieved October 17, 2017 – via National Archives.
  3. ^ "Promoting Healthcare Choice and Competition Across the United States". Federal Register. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. October 12, 2017. Archived from the original on October 18, 2017. Retrieved October 17, 2017. Alt URL.
  4. ^ Klein, Philip; King, Robert; Leonard, Kimberly (October 9, 2017). "Daily on Healthcare: Trumpcare is coming to an association health plan near you". The Washington Examiner. Washington, D.C.: Clarity Media Group. Archived from the original on October 9, 2017. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
  5. ^ Gleckman, Howard (October 13, 2017). "Middle Income 50-Somethings Will Be Big Losers In Trumpcare". Forbes. New York City. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
  6. ^ Luhby, Tami (October 13, 2017). "What's in Trump's health care executive order?". CNN. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
  7. ^ Liptak, Kevin (October 12, 2017). "Trump will end health care cost-sharing subsidies". CNN. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
  8. ^ Robert Pear, Maggie Haberman and Reed Abelson (October 12, 2017). "Trump to Scrap Critical Health Care Subsidies, Hitting Obamacare Again". New York Times. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
  9. ^ "Trump: No such thing as Obamacare anymore". CNN. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System. October 16, 2017. Retrieved October 18, 2017.
  10. ^ "Executive Order on Strengthening Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act". January 28, 2021. Retrieved January 28, 2021.