To review: the benefits of the health care law which Democrats praise include lifting caps on lifetime benefits, prohibiting discrimination based on pre-existing medical condition, and assisting seniors with paying for prescription drugs.
With Republicans slamming the law every chance they get in hopes of creating a springboard for political opportunity, and cries of 'repeal' becoming a steady hum, now the scores of waivers the Obama administration has issued, exempting entities such as businesses and unions from complying with the law at least until 2014, are under attack.
The Democrats' response to all of this? The GOP isn't focused on the economy – interesting, as that's what the Republicans accused the Democrats of before the law was passed. Beyond that, the Obama administration has been relatively quiet in its defense of the law; however, advocacy groups seem to have taken up the reins in that regard, including Health Care for America Now, which is sponsoring nearly 200 events this week in over 30 states to promote the law's benefits.
According to the March 23rd latimes.com article, ''Healthcare law's condition is anything but stable on its anniversary,'' Tom Price contends that Republicans will continue to push for repeal, and that, regardless, ''he expected the Supreme Court to declare part of the law unconstitutional next year.''
With growing dissent and division ruling the day, only time will tell if Obama's repeated sentiments that he'd ''risk being a one-term president to pass his health-care legislation'' will go down on the books as an omen, or a statement of plucky resolve.
