Biden Makes Health Care a Focus With North Carolina Visit
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The White House plans to use the 14th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act to draw a contrast with Republicans who have sought to do away with all or parts of the law.
President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are expected to visit North Carolina, a key presidential battleground, on Tuesday to highlight their administration’s work on expanding access to affordable health care as Democrats seek a contrast with Republicans on the issue.
Democrats are celebrating the 14th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act this month, along with the 20 million people who signed up for coverage under its plans this year — the most since the law was enacted in 2010. The White House plans to use the benchmark to criticize Republicans, who have spent the past decade attempting to repeal parts or all of the law.
Former President Donald J. Trump, seeking a second term, revived his attacks on the Affordable Care Act toward the end of last year, calling it for to be “replaced.” Just last week, the Republican Study Committee, a large group of House Republicans, released a budget proposal that took aim at the law’s funding.
“If they got their way, these Republican officials would want a country where 45 million Americans — including 1.4 North Carolinians — would lose their health insurance,” Anita Dunn, a senior adviser to the president, said during a call with reporters, referring to G.O.P. lawmakers’ proposals.
The president and the vice president will speak at an official event in Raleigh on Tuesday before attending a campaign fund-raiser in the state later in the day. Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat who signed North Carolina’s Medicaid expansion into law last year, will join them for part of the day.
One of the last stops on Mr. Biden’s “Month of Action” tour of battleground states, the visit underscores North Carolina’s growing significance to Democrats as they work to defeat Mr. Trump in November. Mr. Biden lost the state by less than two points in 2020 — the same year that he carried Georgia, a state he visited earlier this month, by fewer than 12,000 votes.
