Trump badly miscalculated on the ACA | By davidaxelrod for CNNOpinion
David Axelrod, a senior CNN political commentator and host of"The Axe Files," was senior adviser to President Barack Obama and chief strategist for the 2008 and 2012 Obama presidential campaigns. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his. View more opinion articles on CNN.
As I was leaving a speaking engagement recently at Bradley University, a young man, perhaps 30, stopped me and asked for a moment. During my remarks, I had talked about the epic battle for the Affordable Care Act and my own financial struggles years earlier as the father of a child with a severe, chronic illness and huge medical expenses. The young man pulled up close and spoke quietly.Read More "I wanted to tell you that I have a 5½-year-old with a number of serious issues," he said."We couldn't have handled it and gotten the care he needed without the ACA. I just wanted to say thank you.
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