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Neutralize industry opposition At the start of the health care fight, Obamacare architects faced challenges from across the political spectrum. The Green New Deal faces a steeper challenge, and some energy companies will fight it hard. Control the narrative One early challenge for the Obama administration was dealing with the false claim that its health care plan would lead to "death panels." One is finding out "who in the climate debate people trust the most" and putting them out front, she said. It's a vacuum that some of ACA's designers regret. The Green New Deal includes several far-reaching pillars that might take time to get working, like a jobs guarantee or 100 percent renewable energy generation. Quickly getting those checks into people's hands could make it harder for opposition lawmakers to dislodge the program, Spiro said. Design a backdoor plan to fix mistakes Democrats had planned to polish their health care bill until the final roll calls, but then-Sen. Scott Brown's (R-Mass.) "It was one-and-done because Republicans weren't going to do anything," Slavitt said. The Green New Deal might benefit from building in a way to fix those kinds of hiccups without going back to Congress, he said.