President Trump’s Best Executive Order Is In! (But It Sounds Like “Obamacare”.)

I have tried to read every published executive order (totaling 5,558), beginning with one in 1826 from President John Quincy Adams (ordering a national day of mourning for Thomas Jefferson). Most are very brief— for example, ordering a pension for a widow of a postmaster, ordering the flag at half-staff to honor a general who has died, or creating a national park or Indian reservation.

The recent ones read like laws enacted by Congress.

Now comes President Trump’s Executive Order of July 10, 2019 (“Executive Order on Advancing American Kidney Health”). If you, a family member, or a friend has kidney disease, you should read the link, here https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-advancing-american-kidney-health/.

Here is a quick summary of what the order entails:

Goals: (1) reduce new cases of end-stage renal disease by 25 percent in 10 years (today, 726,000 Americans have ESRD and more than 100,000 Americans begin dialysis every year); (2) increase the percentage of ESRD patients who receive dialysis at home or a kidney transplant to 80 percent by 2025 (today, 12 percent); (3) double the kidneys available for transplant by 2030 (100,000 people are waiting for a transplant).

Methods: (1) Create four new optional Medicare payment models to incentivize providers to offer services, (2) transform the organ donation and transplant process by increasing financial support for organ donors, (3) improve kidney supply by funding more research on artificial kidneys; and (4) launch a public awareness campaign about kidney disease.

Is there a catch? I don’t see one, though this is not my field of expertise. Is this polarizing? Maybe. It sounds like something that Elizabeth Warren might draft. Conservatives might dislike this. 
Is this mean-spirited? To the contrary, it is compassionate. Bravo to President Trump.