Tiffany Bond  🦞 🇺🇸Verified account

Where's the common ground? Dems wanna expand coverage & make it cheaper for the non-wealthy; all but a handful of GOP don't. Stark choice #mepolitics

Dems want both access and affordable coverage, so do many (if not most) GOP. They disagree on mechanisms, mandates and administration. #mepolitics

Not DC elected GOP. They want govt to do less not more. Less subsidy, less regulation and less overall involvement in health care by govt. #mepolitics

Right. They disagree on mechanisms, mandates and administration. Who should administrate (govt/insurance companies), whether or not there is a requirement to buy in, and what mechanisms control the affordability (market forces/govt policy). #mepolitics

Whether all deserve coverage = basic dispute you can't compromise away. #mepolitics

It may also not be that substantively relevant depending on the solution. A solution that works for GOP & it happens to increase coverage/improve care = win A solution that provides universal coverage & happens to meet GOP cost/choice goals = win #mepolitics

No such solution exists. There isn't always an ooey gooey center. Sometimes politics is about choices. #mepolitics

I don't know that I agree. There are certainly trade-offs. I work in an area of law where winners & losers aren't a thing most of the time. There is almost always a solution everyone can live with that functions. #mepolitics