Tracking every rollback, reversal, and overreach — and the path back to the America we know.
President Trump signed Proclamation 2017-21554 on September 29, 2017, designating October 2, 2017 as Child Health Day. The proclamation calls for observance of the day to promote child health and wellness awareness. As a proclamation, it has no binding legislative effect and creates no new programs, funding, or regulatory changes.
Executive Order 13784 was signed on March 29, 2017, establishing a commission to study federal drug addiction and opioid crisis response policies. The commission was tasked with reviewing existing federal programs, identifying gaps, and making recommendations to the President. The order created a temporary advisory body; it did not directly change drug policy, funding, or treatment access but initiated a review process that informed subsequent administration proposals on opioid response.
On January 20, 2017, President Trump signed Executive Order 13765, directing federal agencies to exercise all existing powers to reduce the economic and regulatory burden of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The order instructed agencies to waive, defer, or delay ACA provisions and requirements where permitted by law. Confirmed direct impacts included delays in enforcement of the individual mandate penalty, expanded availability of short-term health plans outside ACA regulations, and expansion of association health plans, resulting in millions of Americans becoming eligible for health coverage plans not subject to ACA requirements.