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Obama, returning to Biden White House, touts his signature health care law’s anniversary

President Joe Biden salutes former President Barack Obama after the former president referred to Biden as "Vice President Biden," as Vice President Kamala Harris laughs, during an event to mark the 2010 passage of the Affordable Care Act, in the East Room of the White House on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, in Washington, D.C..

WASHINGTON — Former President Barack Obama returned to the White House on Tuesday for the first time since leaving office to celebrate the 12th anniversary of his landmark health care law — and to provide a political lift to President Joe Biden and Democrats.

Biden, who as Obama’s vice president famously celebrated the Affordable Care Act’s passage as a “big f---ing deal,” took two steps to bolster the law, signing an executive order to make health care more accessible and affordable while the Treasury Department launched an effort to

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