Obama campaign promotes health care law

One of the intriguing things about the 2012 election is how both President Obama and his Republican opponents believe that the Obama health care law will be a winning issue for them.

Obama's re-election campaign is putting together videos promoting the Affordable Care Act, the landmark law that is the subject of both a major Supreme Court case and next year's election.

"Spread the news about how health care reform is working for seniors," says one video on how the plan is closing the "doughnut hole" in prescription drug assistance.

Another video tells the story of Emily Schlichting, 21, a senior at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, who talked about being able to stay on her parents' health insurance plan during a serious illness.

Says the Obama re-election website: "Reach out to five folks who are affected by this reform and ask them to stand with the Affordable Care Act."

Republicans, meanwhile, say the Obama law will wind up increasing costs and federal government control of the health care system.

"If I'm president of the United States, we're gonna get rid of ObamaCare and return, under our Constitution, the 10th Amendment, the responsibility and care of health care to the people in the states," said Mitt Romney during a recent debate.

Newt Gingrich, in that same debate, said, "We need to fundamentally rethink the entire health system to move back towards a doctor-patient relationship."

Some of the political battle will be determined by the Supreme Court.

By late June, the justices are expected to rule on the constitutionality of the law's requirement that nearly all Americans buy health insurance -- the key to financing the program.

In the meantime, political analysis will be looking to see whether support for the Obama health care law draws more votes than opposition, or vice versa.