Trump compliments Clinton, moderates ObamaCare plan in first on-air interview since election
President-elect Donald Trump made "immediately repealing and replacing ObamaCare" a key promise of his campaign, but in his first on-air interview since the election, Trump moderated his plan for the Affordable Care Act. He described the law's ban on denial of coverage for preexisting conditions as "one of the strongest assets" and said ObamaCare's provision that children under 26 can stay on their parents' insurance is "something we're going to try and keep."
Trump insisted the repeal and replace process will occur "simultaneously" so there will be no gaps in coverage, and also praised Hillary Clinton as a gracious loser. "Hillary called and it was a lovely call," he said of her concession. "It was a tough call for her." Trump first made similar comments about ObamaCare to The Wall Street Journal in an interview published Friday.
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