Hillary Clinton is wasting no time in demonizing the Republican Party as the party that wants to destroy America's healthcare-for-all program.
Stumping in Davenport, IO, this week, the Democratic presidential hopeful hammered away at the GOP's legislation to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
The Republican bill will come up for a vote this week in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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President Obama can use his veto power to keep the law intact.
But, Clinton said in Davenport, the ongoing repeal efforts underscore the danger the program would face should a Republican take over the White House.
"If there's a Republican sitting there, it will be repealed and then we will have to start all over again," she said. "I don't think the stakes could be higher."
Clinton said the GOP strategy is to "turn our health care system back to the insurance companies, so if you have a pre-existing condition it will be hard for you to afford care."
Surveys have indicated growing approval of PPACA by Americans, although such approval is far from a majority.
Depending upon which survey results one chooses to believe, Americans either slightly favor the law or disapprove of it.
Most surveys indicate that the majority of Americans don't believe the reform act has significantly affected their lives. Democrats are generally found to be much more supportive of the act than are Republicans.
The House vote will be the latest challenge to the reform act.
Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the major pieces of the act were constitutional.
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Dan Cook
Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.
