Republican voters support Medicaid, but they want work requirements, the survey states

Because the Republicans of the Congress weigh earnest Medicaid cuts, most voters do not want to see how financing the public health plan withdrawn, according to questionnaire Released Friday by KFF, an impartial health research company.

Only 17 percent of respondents said that they supported the Medicaid, a government health insurance program that covers over 70 million people. Forty percent said that he wanted to spend unchanged, and 42 percent said that they would like to enhance.

But at the same time, a significant support for some rules that would limit the program, such as the requirement to work. It was found that over 60 percent of voters – and 47 percent of Democrats supported the requirement.

This change that some Republicans of the Congress supported, meS estimated Reducing about $ 100 billion from Medicaid, because those who were unemployed – or could not submit documents showing that they have a job – they will no longer be covered by insurance. The cost of the program was $ 584 billion in 2024or about 8 percent of total federal expenses.

The probe illustrates the wide range of Medicaid, and just over half of the respondents claimed that they or the family member had medicaid insurance at some point. The almost common agreement was crucial for local voters’ communities, with 98 percent of democrats and 94 percent of Republicans claim that they think it is a bit or very crucial.

Republicans in Congress are considering several changes in Medicaid because they are looking for ways to pay for the tax reductions of President Trump. Last month, the Chamber adopted a budget, which, if approved by the Senate and signed by the president, can cut up to $ 880 billion from the program in the next decade. This can happen along with work requirements, caps for federal expenses on the program or reduce the share of costs that the federal government pays.

Although the respondents of the survey generally in favor of work requirements, they had misunderstandings about politics: sixty -two percent of voters thought that most of the registration in Medicaid were unemployed, while in reality The vast majority have a job.

Republican voters also expressed openness to limiting funds for the inexpensive care of Medicaid Expansion. Currently, the federal government covers 90 percent of costs for expansion participants who tend to robust adults. This is a higher participation than what it includes for other registered, such as children or disabled people.

Sixty-four percent of republican voters-40 percent of voters-they argued that they would support reducing the contribution of the federal government to the expansion of Medicaid. House Republicans still weigh this option, even though speaker Mike Johnson said last week that he wasn’t on the table.

However, the opinions of voters on the limitation of financing for expansion Medicaid seemed plastic in the face of additional information.

When the respondents received more information about politics, including the fact that millions may lose protection, republican support dropped to 43 percent. But it was said that the change would reduce federal expenses by about $ 600 billion, increased support to 73 percent.

The polls look similar to what the Americans felt during the debate repealed in the Act on an affordable price in 2017, when the Republicans did not withdraw the law largely due to political opposition to Medicaid cuts. Then70 percent of voters supported the requirements of work, and 36 percent favored the limitation of financing for the expansion of Medicaid.

“Medicaid is a very popular program among the wide swath of society, including republicans,” said Mollyann Brodie, executive director of KFF for research.

She added, however: “The opinions could be quickly transferred in the context of the debate in which people learn more information and believe that their range is threatened.”