And former White House chief of staff and current Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel lauded his former boss for having "courage to bend the needle of history and did something presidents have tried to do for 60 years, " he said of broadening health care accessibility.

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She watched as her grandmother struggled to thread a needle with fingers that were beginning to bend at odd angles, like old trees.

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