President Trump has cheered on some of Obamacares troubles, using them to justify his partys efforts to repeal the law.

The insurance industrys main lobby, Americas Health Insurance Plans, criticized the House bill, saying the Senate should boost subsidies to help people afford insurance.

The 217-213 vote sends the American Health Care Act to the Senate.

Doubtful that the Anthem-Cigna merger will come to fruition, speculation about the next health-insurance megadeal -- and the Trump administrations tolerance for such transactions -- has begun.

Anthem CEO Joseph Swedish said the insurer would raise rates by 20 percent if the U.S. government stops funding subsidies for lower-income customers.

President Trump tweeted that the ACA is in 'serious trouble,' and in order for it to keep going, 'the Dems need big money.'

'The opioid epidemic in this country has staggering human consequences,' Scott Gottlieb said in a hearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price will play a crucial role in the success or failure of the ACA in 2017, while other Republicans have sent mixed signals about their intentions for Obamacare.