Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, told Americans Tuesday morning that they'll soon have to choose between a new iPhone or better insurance.

"Americans have choices. And they've got to make a choice,” Chaffetz said on CNN’s “New Day,” according to Talking Points Memo. “And so maybe rather than getting that new iPhone that they just love and they want to go spend hundreds of dollars on that, maybe they should invest in their own health care. They've got to make those decisions themselves.”

GOP Rep. Chaffetz: Americans may need to choose between "new iphone... they just love" and investing in health care https://t.co/5Hxwn2uOl5 — New Day (@NewDay) March 7, 2017

Chaffetz’s comment came after host Alisyn Camerota questioned the Utah representative about the Republicans’ replacement plan for the Affordable Care Act, which they announced on Monday.

The new plan will repeal penalties for those who wish not to buy health care, and it will replace income-based tax credits with age-based ones, BBC reported.

Chaffetz clarified his remarks on Fox News Tuesday morning, saying that he didn’t say his words as smoothly as he would have liked.

“Well, what we’re trying to say, and maybe I didn’t say it as smoothly as I possibly could, but people need to make a conscious choice and I believe in self-reliance,” he said on Fox News.

https://twitter.com/SopanDeb/status/839130957609320448Critics said Chaffetz's comments seemed a little harsh, especially when you compare the costs of an iPhone and health care, according to BuzzFeed News.

Cost of a new iPhone, no contract: $670

Median per-capita healthcare costs: $10,345 https://t.co/p5pTu0s1Ju — Christopher Ingraham (@_cingraham) March 7, 2017

Problem: Health care isn't affordable.

GOP solution: Give up your iPhone to pay for it. — Tina Dupuy (@TinaDupuy) March 7, 2017

https://twitter.com/ezlusztig/status/839116903599702017Chaffetz finished his interview on “New Day” saying that there’s still a lot to be discussed with the new plan before it becomes law, TPM reported.

“We just saw the bill as of yesterday,” he said. “We're just starting to consume it. We will have to look at how that analysis moves forward."