Interesting, but I thought that was written into the Obamacare law that was passed by Congress. He can’t just undo that with a stroke of a pen, can he?
If so, brilliant—though he probably should have done it back in January.
It was mandated that Congress and their staffers buy their coverage through the Washington DC exchange. So they are on Obamacare. But....the Democrats declared Congress a small business so that the taxpayers could continue to pay on average 72% of their premiums. The Washington DC exchange also has a bunch of gold plans for them to choose from. I think it’s the only exchange that does.
So Congress was not exempted per se......but special stuff was created for them to make the exchange tolerable for them.
President Trump could effectively end ObamaCare tomorrow by announcing that any insurance company that develops a plan that meets the regulatory requirements of any state insurance commission will be given a waiver immediately even if it doesn't meet any of the ObamaCare mandates related to minimum essential coverage, lifetime limits of coverage, pre-existing conditions, etc.