Trump to keep parts of Obamacare bill despite repeal

President-elect Donald Trump has said he is willing to leave key parts of President Barack Obama's healthcare bill intact.

Trump, whose pledged to repeal the 2010 law featured heavily in the earlier stages of the electoral campaign, said that he will keep the ban on insurers denying coverage for pre-existing conditions.

Speaking to the Wall Street Journal, the President-elect said that he was also in favour of allowing young adults to be insured as part of their parents' policies.

Trump said he liked those two salient features of the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare, "very much." It was his meeting with Obama on Thursday that had made him reconsider his calls for an all-out replacement of the bill, he said.

In another statement he made during an interview with the 60 Minutes programme, which is due to air on Sunday, he said that while the bill would be repealed and replaced, the changes would provide Americans with "great healthcare for much less money".

He sidestepped questions on whether he would bring to fruition his campaign promise of appointing a special prosecutor to investigate his defeated Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton over her use of a private email server while secretary of state.

"It's not something I've given a lot of thought, because I want to solve healthcare, jobs, border control, tax reform."

Several US cities saw protests held by opponents to Trump's election continue for a 3rd consecutive night on Friday. Thousands took to the streets of Miami, Atlanta, Philadelphia, New York, San Francisco and Portland, Oregon, voicing anger at the president-elect's comments about immigrants, Muslims and women.