“I used to sit there and watch him in the bed and in pain and dying of glioblastoma,” Mr. Biden said of his older son, who died in 2015. Still, the Trump administration has repeatedly sought to undermine the law, and it is now asking the Supreme Court to overturn it. “You and I both know what it’s like to have somebody you love get really sick, and in some cases to lose somebody,” Mr. Obama told Mr. Biden in their conversation. “But that loss is compounded when you see the stress on their faces, because they’re worried that they’re being a burden on their families,” Mr. Obama said. During Mr. Obama’s administration, some activists criticized the president for blocking efforts at systemic reform, but there is widespread agreement he was more receptive than Mr. Trump has been.

Source: New York Times July 23, 2020 15:14 UTC