This is very cool
President Obama has done a spectacular job multi-tasking any number of domestic and foreign issues, while holding on to his basic principles. I damnnear cried when the global gag rule was repealed--that was a truly evil pice of work from Bush--devastating to impoverished women around the developing world.
When I was at the WSNA conference (my states nursing Union) there was a lot of talk about the ACA, and what it meant for the future of health care. What it incorporates in preventative care is exactly how nurses are trained to operate. Washington state is a leader incorporating the ACA, and while my Union recognizes where it can be improved (prohibitive costs for certain incomes), and will work TO improve it, is very enthusiastic about the nearly 2 million people in WA. State with health insurance--many for the first time. One of the speakers was a convert from considering it merely "insurance" reform, to recognizing the massive potential to improve the healthcare for Americans with nurses on the front lines of reform.
What state republicans have been doing, is very similar to Paul, holding the legislative process hostage sticking in anti-choice or anti-birth control language in.
Or, most recently this:
http://www.wa-democrats.org/press/senate-republicans-cuts-affordable-care-act-puts-health-plans-almost-two-million
So I agree--it's absolutely essential to keep the momentum going. The ACA is a powerful tool to provide healthcare and as single parents, women traditionally struggle to maintain health insurance, poor women struggle to find prenatal care etc. (my state passed devastating cuts to community health services) healthcare is very much a feminist issue.