We change presidents all the time. If you work on policy, you can’t get sucked into partisan politics. Policy demands that you work with both parties. Its a very different game that partisan politics. Here’s the link to the most recent hearings.
It might reduce anxiety to recognize that this stuff continues over many years and over many different administrations and involves lawmakers from both parties. If you want to read about how I currently perceive the policy process, I have a post here: What i think i learned
If you have ideas about policy that might help, you can always write about it here. Ideas get harvested off of this forum by lots of advocates and policy people. What’s great about the forum is that you can quickly collect a wide variety of perspectives and experiences on an issue. People challenge your perspective and improve your understanding of an issue. It’s really helpful because when you try to move policy, people are going to challenge you in every possible way. You might as well be prepared for that.
You have to be prepared for that on a personal and emotional level as well because sometimes diabetics have really impactful experiences that influence those personal perspectives. It can be tough to look someone in the eye when they tell you that you aren’t deserving of this or that. You have be able to look them in the eye, without getting stressed out, and explain, rationally, why you are deserving. You have to believe it.
If you want to engage with partisan politics, go down to your local precinct caucus. You’ll find all sorts of people talking about how lizards taking human form control the government. That’s where you work on partisan stuff like winning elections and fundraising. People who work with policy (and who have moved up the ladder) have had to fight their way through that lizard people stuff. It gets better as you move up the chain (although you still have difficult partisans at a Federal level and its worth knowing how to speak with them). I have not yet found an ideal way to discuss “reptoids” and Pharmacy Benefit Manager policy, but I’m working on it. This guy comes about as close as anyone could, I think. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rw4kNHNZyk