A comment by US President Donald Trump about Australia's healthcare system has caused a political firestorm in the US.
Mr Trump, while sitting beside Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in New York before their bilateral meeting on Thursday, praised Australia's healthcare system.
"We have a failing healthcare," Mr Trump said.
"I shouldn't say this to our great gentleman and my friend from Australia, because you have better health care than we do."
Earlier in the day the president and his Republican Party scored a victory in the House of Representatives for repealing Obamacare, although it still has to pass the Senate.
During the Republican campaign to replace Obamacare they railed against government-funded universal heath-care systems like Australia's.
US Democratic Senator and former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, a supporter of universal healthcare, laughed during a US TV interview when he was told about Mr Trump's Australian comment.
"Thank you Mr Trump for admitting that universal health care is the better way to go," Mr Sanders later tweeted.
"I'll be sure to quote you on the floor of the Senate."
Mr Turnbull also drew criticism after he told Mr Trump in front of reporters: "Congratulations on your vote today".
Labor's shadow minister for health and Medicare Catherine King said the prime minister was praising a bill that will could lead to thousands of Americans losing their healthcare and "will take away the requirement for health insurers to cover people with 'pre-existing conditions' - such as diabetes, autism or cancer," Ms King said in a press release.
"It could also impact survivors of rape or domestic violence."
Later on Friday White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said at a news briefing that Mr Trump was simply "complimenting a foreign leader on the operations of their healthcare system".
"It didn't mean anything more than that."
Ms Huckabee Sanders said Mr Trump's remarks did not mean he thought the US should adopt a similar system to Australia's.
"I think he believes that they have a good healthcare system for Australia," she said. "What works in Australia may not work in the United States."
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