Donald Trump said he would look at Barack Obama's healthcare suggestions "out of respect." | Getty Trump could preserve parts of Obamacare

Donald Trump is reconsidering his call for a total repeal of Obamacare, saying Friday that he'd be open to retaining two popular parts of the 2010 health reform law.

Trump, in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, said he'd like to preserve the ban on insurers denying coverage to people with pre-existing conditions, and the ability for adult children to stay on their parents' plans until age 26. At the same time, he argued that Obamacare overall is unworkable and would have to be "amended" at the very least.


The shift brings Trump in line with past Republican attempts at repealing and replacing the law, which focused on rolling back large elements like the individual mandate while holding onto several of its most popular provisions. However many policy experts have warned that requiring plans to cover sick people without a mandate or other way of bringing healthy people into the insurance pool will send premiums sky-high.

Trump credited President Barack Obama with persuading him to rethink his plan for a total repeal during a Thursday meeting at the White House.

"I told him I will look at his suggestions, and out of respect, I will do that," he told the Journal.

GOP leaders have made repealing Obamacare a top priority after Trump's victory, saying they plan to move quickly on a legislative package that would dismantle its wide-ranging provisions.