Obama Pushes Democrats to Use Health-Care Law in Campaign

By Roger Runningen and Julianna Goldman Apr 18, 2014 11:33 AM ET

With a dozen words, President Barack Obama offered a campaign argument that he’s counting on to turn his health-care law from a liability into a winner for the November elections.

“This thing is working,” Obama said at the White House yesterday. “The repeal debate is and should be over.”

Obama’s announcement that 8 million people enrolled for insurance coverage, a million more than estimates made six months ago, marks a comeback for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act after its botched rollout last year.

The political stakes are high for the president’s party. Republicans need a net gain of six Senate seats to take control of the chamber, and of 36 being contested in November Democrats are defending 21.

Obama’s statement was offered to Democrats as a counter punch to Republicans, who have repeatedly tried to repeal the law and have made it a central issue in the mid-term elections.

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