That said, candidates at any level of the ballot are not required to abide by their party’s platforms if they don’t agree with it. “The platform is a wish list, and what actually develops after an election may or may not be related to that wish list,” Losco says. “How closely a candidate [adheres] to that really depends on the candidate [themselves].” In fact, he points out, 1996 Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole publiclystatedthat he didn’t even read the GOP platform afterdisagreementsover the party’s anti-abortion stance.Are the DNC and RNC related to theotherDNC and RNC (the conventions)? The three pillars of health care, known as the “iron triangle,” are cost, quality, and access. In today’s health care system, experts believe that improving one or two sides of the triangle comes at a detriment to the third. Medicare for All proponents believe that while a new system may not completely eradicate this problem, it can come close to addressing each side of the triangle.Cost: “All we ever wanted was for people to feel seen through our work.” Opponents of Medicare for All argue that it would be expensive for the federal government to maintain such a magnanimous policy. Jodi Liu, an associate policy researcher at the RAND Corporation, tellsTeen Vogue