Executive Order 13813: Promoting Healthcare Choice and Competition Across the United States
President: Donald J. Trump
Directed agencies to consider association health plans, short-term insurance and health reimbursement arrangements.
Status: Revoked — by EO 14009.
Is Executive Order 13813 still in effect? No. EO 14009 revoked it.
What does Executive Order 13813 do?
EO 13813 directed Labor, Treasury and Health and Human Services to consider changes to association health plans, short-term limited-duration insurance and health reimbursement arrangements. These were instructions to examine and propose policy, not direct amendments to health-insurance contracts or the Affordable Care Act. Agencies later issued separate rules, whose legal histories vary. EO 14009 expressly revoked the 2017 directive in 2021; later health coverage rules must be read on their own terms.
Before and after
Before the order
Health plans and insurance rules operated under the Affordable Care Act and other statutes.
After the order
Agencies considered separate rules before the order was revoked.
Who had to do what
| Agency / office | Action | Timing / position |
|---|---|---|
| Labor | Consider association-plan rules | Separate rulemaking |
| Treasury, Labor and HHS | Consider short-term plans and HRAs | Separate rulemaking |
What happened next
EO 13813 signed.
EO 14009 revoked EO 13813.
Legal and source detail
How it works legally
The order did not override statutory consumer protections or approve any plan; agency rules required their own legal basis.
Sources by type
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Primary and official sources
Orders, laws, court records and official implementation material.
How we checked this
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