David Jackson, USA TODAY 2:17 p.m. EST February 3, 2015

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President Obama met Tuesday with supporters who have benefited from the health care law, and mocked congressional Republicans for again trying to repeal it.

"My understanding is the House of Representatives has scheduled yet another vote today to take health care away from the folks sitting around this table," Obama said. "I don't know if it's the 55th or the 60th time that they are taking this vote, but I've asked this question before: Why is it this would be at the top of their agenda?"

Republicans who made health care a major issue in last year's congressional elections say the new law has led to higher insurance premiums and canceled policies. Rep. Barbara Comstock, R-Va., said her sister and brother-in-law work in a medical practice that is being hurt by new health care regulations.

"Doctors who are in a teaching hospital where she is are talking about no longer being able to teach or practice because of the burdens we're placing on them," she said.

The president's White House event featured 10 people who had written Obama letters about their positive experiences with the health care law. Some writers talked about being able to buy affordable insurance; others cited preventive exams that led to early detection of breast cancer and a brain tumor.

Health are "is not some political, ideological battle, it's about people," Obama said, noting that repeal would take insurance away from some of the people at the meeting.

"The notion that we would play politics with the lives of folks who are out there working hard every single day -- trying to make ends meet, trying to look after their families -- makes absolutely no sense," Obama said.

Obama has vowed to veto the House bill, though previous efforts to repeal the health care law have stalled in the Senate.

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