President Trump on Friday urged lawmakers to act quickly to pass the House GOP’s ObamaCare replacement plan, which has run into resistance from members of his own party.

“We must act now to save Americans from the imploding ObamaCare disaster,” Trump said while meeting with House committee chairmen at the White House.

The president cited rising health insurance premiums in several states as an incentive to act.

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“[2017] would be a disaster for ObamaCare, that’s the year it was meant to explode because [President] Obama won’t be here,” Trump said, veering from his prepared remarks. “That was when it was suppose to be — get even worse.”

Trump has endorsed the plan drafted to by the House GOP, which would replace ObamaCare with a more conservative proposal centered around giving people tax credits to help purchase insurance.

But conservatives have come out against the plan, saying it doesn’t fully repeal the Affordable Care Act while creating a new healthcare entitlement.

Trump has met with a number of conservative groups in an attempt to mollify their concerns, telling them he might be willing to negotiate certain parts of the proposal. But the White House has resisted making major changes to the legislation.