During his campaign, President-elect Donald Trump promised over and over to repeal President Barack Obama's signature health care legislation, and on his visit to Washington this week, he repeated that health care was a priority for his future administration. But in a change of tune, Trump on Friday said he will consider keeping some of the provisions of Obamacare. Washington bureau reporter Alberto Pimienta filed the following report.

During his visit to Washington, President-elect Donald Trump made clear repealing Obamacare was a priority. 

"We're going to fix health care. We are going to make it more affordable and better," he said.

But Trump seems to have changed his opinion. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Trump says that after his conversation with President Barack Obama on Thursday, he will consider keeping two provisions of the 2010 health care law: allowing young adults under 26 to be on their parents' health insurance and not letting companies deny coverage for people with pre-existing conditions. 

But this doesn't mean Trump and Congressional Republicans won't dismantle other parts of Obamacare.

"It was the single-worst piece of legislation, among many bad pieces of legislation, passed in the first two years of Obama presidency," said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. "The sooner we can go in a different direction, the better."

Repealing all of it won’t be possible. Republicans need 60 votes, which they don't have in the Senate, to block a filibuster.

But what the GOP can do is use a tool known as "budget reconciliation." This allows Congress to change laws that affect government spending. The Senate only needs 51 votes to make it happen.

"This is our plan for 2017," said House Speaker Paul Ryan. "Much of this, you can do through budget reconciliation."

Under that measure, Republicans could strip Obamacare of provisions like subsidies helping people afford health insurance, as well as getting rid of penalties for Americans who do not have coverage.

Just like Trump now, congressional Republicans want to allow young adults under 26 to stay on their parents' insurance and not letting companies turn their backs on people with pre-existing conditions.

For Republicans and Trump to use budget reconciliation to dismantle Obamacare, the House and the Senate need to pass identical budgets, so the soonest this could happen is spring 2017.