Obama Returns to White House, Marking a Dozen Years of Obamacare

President Joe Biden welcomed Barack Obama back to the White House on Tuesday to mark a dozen years since passage of the health care law that Biden famously called a “big f------- deal.”

The former president returned to the White House for the first time since he welcomed Donald Trump on the morning of the 2017 inauguration. It’s a pivotal moment in Biden’s presidency, as he struggles with sagging poll numbers, persistent inflation, a war raging in Ukraine and bleak prospects for Democrats in the November midterm elections.

The timing of Obama’s appearance, more than a year into Biden’s term, ...