WASHINGTONPresident Trump has missed a self-imposed deadline to release a comprehensive health-care plan and has said he would issue an executive order on pre-existing conditions that public-health specialists believe would be difficult to execute because of legal and economic hurdles.

Mr. Trump said Friday that over the next two weeks he would be pursuing a major executive order requiring health insurance companies to cover all pre-existing conditions for all customers. The Obama-era Affordable Care Act already requires that, but the administration is supporting a Republican-led lawsuit that could invalidate the health law.

In a July 19 interview on Fox News Sunday, Mr. Trump said: Were signing a health-care plan within two weeks, a full and complete health-care plan. The two-week mark passed in early August with no action by the president.

The recent pledges have drawn attention to a challenge facing Mr. Trump: Neither he nor his campaign have identified a second-term health-care agenda, and his administration lacks a clear plan if the Supreme Court strikes down the ACA. The Supreme Court appears unlikely to hear the case before Election Day.

White House spokesman Judd Deere said that Mr. Trump has already accomplished a lot on the health front. While Democrats have continued to propose radical plans that would destroy the health insurance of millions of Americans, President Trump continues to work to improve health care more broadly and stabilize the market, including creating a system that protects the vulnerable, lowers prescription drug costs, increases transparency and delivers the affordability Americans need, the choice and control they want, and the quality they deserve, Mr. Deere said.

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