Trump: I Might Keep Parts of ObamaCare

Donald Trump, who campaigned on a promise to repeal and replace "the disaster knows as ObamaCare," has softened his tone. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, the president-elect suggested the law might be amended instead of repealed. He said he is open to keeping parts of it that he likes "very much," including allowing young adults to be covered on their parents' insurance and stopping insurers denying coverage because of pre-existing conditions. Trump said he had shifted position on the law after talks with Obama this week. New health policies outlined on Trump's website have dropped mentions of reining in drug prices and now include talk of modernizing Medicare, notes the New York Times.

In a 60 Minutes interview that will air Sunday, Trump said he would never get rid of ObamaCare before a replacement was ready, CNN reports. "It will be just fine. That's what I do, I do a good job. You know, I know how to do this stuff," he said. The BBC notes that "keeping ObamaCare's carrots while abandoning its sticks" could be tricky, since the popular parts are made possible by the unpopular parts, like requiring all Americans to have health insurance. In the Journal interview, Trump declined to say whether he still plans to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Hillary Clinton. "It’s not something I've given a lot of thought, because I want to solve health care, jobs, border control, tax reform," he said. (Repealing and replacing ObamaCare could take a long time.)