In order to “undo the
damage done by Donald Trump”, US President Joe Biden signed two healthcare
executive orders on Thursday. The first order was about restoring the
Affordable Care Act and Medicaid to what it was before Trump became president
and the second executive order was about protecting women’s health at home and
abroad, PTI reported.

“It reinstates the
changes that were made to Title 10 and other things, making it harder for women
to have access to affordable healthcare as it relates to their reproductive
rights,” Biden told reporters at the White House.

“It has been a busy
week, and I have signed executive orders tackling COVID-19, the economic and
climate crises, as well as advancing racial equity. But, today, I’m about to
sign two executive orders that are basically, the best way to describe them, to
undo the damage Trump has done,” Biden said.

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“There’s nothing new
that we’re doing here, other than restoring the Affordable Care Act and
restoring the Medicaid to the way it was before Trump became President, which
by fiat he changed — made more inaccessible, more expensive, and more difficult
for people to qualify for either of those two items: the Affordable Care Act or
Medicaid,” he added.

The Biden-Harris
administration will re-open enrolment to the Health Insurance Marketplace and will
also take additional steps to strengthen Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act,
and protect women’s health, the White House said.

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“These actions
demonstrate a strong commitment by the Biden-Harris administration to protect
and build on the Affordable Care Act, meet the healthcare needs created by the
pandemic, reduce healthcare costs, protect access to reproductive healthcare
and make our health care system easier to navigate and more equitable,” it
said.