donald trump says obamacare "will be repealed and replaced. it<u+2019>ll be great health care for much less money.<u+201d> | ap photo by cristiano lima 11/11/16 09:49 pm est president-elect donald trump reaffirmed his commitment to keeping portions of the affordable care act under his administration in his first on-air interview since being elected. in a preview clip of the interview, to air sunday on cbs' <u+201c>60 minutes,<u+201d> trump tells reporter lesley stahl that he intends to include aca provisions that cover those with pre-existing conditions and adult children who stay on their parents' plans until age 26 in his administration<u+2019>s health care plan. story continued below <u+201c>it happens to be one of the strongest assets,<u+201d> trump said. <u+201c>also with the children living with their parents for an extended period, we<u+2019>re going to very much try to keep that in. [it] adds cost, but it<u+2019>s very much something we<u+2019>re going to try and keep.<u+201d> trump maintained that he would keep his campaign-trail promises to <u+201c>repeal and replace obamacare,<u+201d> despite his apparent willingness to incorporate it into his own plan, saying that the two-step process would be seamless. <u+201c>we<u+2019>re going to do it simultaneously. it<u+2019>ll be just fine. that<u+2019>s what i do. i do a good job,<u+201d> he said. <u+201c>we<u+2019>re not going to have like a two-day period and we<u+2019>re not going to have a two-year period where there<u+2019>s nothing. it will be repealed and replaced. it<u+2019>ll be great health care for much less money.<u+201d> healthcare by jennifer haberkorn the policy shift shows trump doubling down on statements he made about compromising on aspects of the aca during an interview with the wall street journal on friday. trump also expressed to the journal a willingness to hear out president barack obama on his advice about altering the health care law. "i told him i will look at his suggestions, and out of respect, i will do that," he said. during the preview, trump also discusses the concession call he received from democratic nominee hillary clinton upon being declared the winner of the 2016 presidential race. <u+201c>hillary called and it was a lovely call. it was a tough call for her,<u+201d> he said. <u+201c>tougher for her than it would<u+2019>ve been for me, and for me it was very difficult.<u+201d> trump also expressed a willingness to reach out to bill clinton for advice, despite having spent months on the campaign trail reviving the former president's sex scandals. by thomas wright by bill scher by joshua zeitz by jack shafer
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