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Former President Bill Clinton criticized the Affordable Care Act during the campaign of his in Michigan on Monday.

""It's the craziest thing in the world," Clinton said.

Clinton was speaking about government-run marketplaces under President Obama's signature legislation when he ripped into the system.

"It doesn't make any sense. The insurance model doesn't work here," he furthered.

He added, "You've got this crazy system where all of a sudden 25 million more people have health care and then the people who are out there busting it ... wind up with their premiums doubled and their coverage cut in half. Of course, Republicans jumped at the opportunity to post clips of Clinton's comments online. The party has made similar critiques against Obamacare since its creation."

More so, Obama has been dissed by the former president a few times while campaigning for his wife, Hilary Clinton, in her bid for presidency.

"If you believe we've finally come to the point where we can put the awful legacy of the last eight years behind us and the seven years before that, where we were practicing trickle-down economics ... then you should vote for her," Clinton said in March.

On the contrary, Hillary Clinton has pronounced that if her run for presidency succeeds, she plans to defend and build on the successes of Obamacare.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), mostly known as Affordable Care Act (ACA) or Obamacare is a US Federal Statute ratified by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010 wherein hospitals and primary physicians would transform their practices financially, technologically, and clinically to drive better health outcomes, lower costs, and improve their methods of distribution and accessibility.

Estimates say roughly 20 million Americans have gotten health insurance between 2010 - when the Affordable Care Act was passed - and early 2016.