The leader of a Catholic health-sharing ministry is praising President Donald Trump's executive order on price transparency for healthcare services, predicting that it will help efforts to ensure Americans have access to more affordable healthcare.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order designed to reinforce an older executive order issued during his first term that requires hospitals to publish their prices online, a rule that most hospitals have yet to comply with more than five years later.

The executive order, according to the White House, is aimed at empowering patients with clear, accurate, and actionable healthcare pricing information.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order calling on three federal agencies to escalate the implementation of healthcare transparency regulations issued during his first term in office. On Tuesday afternoon,

Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that directs three federal agencies – the Departments of Labor, Treasury and Health and Human Services – to “rapidly implement and enforce” the hospital price transparency rule that he greenlit during his first administration.