Obama returns to the White House today.. and this is why

Former US President Barack Obama returns to the White House today, Tuesday, for the first time since he left in 2017, to promote the benefits of the Obamacare Act and provide support to his friend and former partner in government, President Joe Biden.

Obama remains popular in the Democratic Party, while Biden faces a slump in popularity partly due to high inflation and the protracted COVID-19 pandemic.

As a result, Democrats face the prospect of losing a majority in at least one, if not both, houses of Congress in November, which would halt Biden's legislative agenda.

The Biden administration will announce a measure Tuesday to reform a component of the Affordable Care Act, known as a "family dysfunction" that makes family members who have access to affordable employer-provided health programs ineligible for some benefits. .

The focus on health care has helped Democrats politically in the past.

The Obamacare Act was the former president's most important legislative achievement, and Republicans have repeatedly tried to repeal it.

White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Obama and Biden will have lunch together on Tuesday.

She told reporters on Monday: "They are friends ... I am sure that they will discuss events in the world, as well as the affairs of their families and their personal lives."


The White House said the proposed amendment to the Affordable Care Act would save hundreds of dollars a month for hundreds of thousands of families.

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