Ahead of House Republicans' planned vote next week on whether to repeal the president's health care law, President Barack Obama on Friday will publicly tout what the White House views to be the law's positive impacts on women.
Obama is scheduled to issue a public statement on the "Affordable Care Act" known as "Obamacare" and his remarks will be linked to the upcoming Mother's Day holiday, according to a White House official. The official said the law has extinguished the possibility of children being denied health insurance coverage, created more access for women to preventative services such as mammograms and birth control, and enabled older children to remain on their parents' insurance-- points that could be included in the president's statement.
The president's remarks Friday are scheduled for 2:40 p.m. in the East Room and will be attended by representatives from women's organizations, according to the official. And they will help set up the partisan conversation that will occur next week surrounding a planned repeal vote staged by House Republicans.
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor on Wednesday vowed to hold a vote next week to repeal Obamacare in full. The move is largely political theater but it allows opponents of the law-- especially freshman lawmakers-- to publicly record their opposition.
Republicans have held dozens of votes to repeal all or part of the president's health care law since it passed in 2010 but have been unsuccessful. Even if a repeal passed the House, the effort would die in the Democratic-controlled Senate.
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