It's time to look beyond the budget ax to assure access to health care for all. It's time to look for bipartisan solutions to the problems we can tackle today, and to work together for tomorrow - building a health care system that works for all Americans.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- We need bipartisan solutions to ensure everyone has access to healthcare beyond just cutting the budget.
- In plain terms
- Look for teamwork to fix healthcare instead of just cutting costs.
- What can you take from it?
- Bipartisan cooperation is needed for universal healthcare access.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How can we work together?
- Is budget cutting the only way?
Another view
Bipartisanship is often difficult to achieve in practice.
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