As Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) holds the Senate floor to defend Medicaid from Republican budget cuts amid Medicaid Awareness Month, new Navigator polling confirms Medicaid is “deeply” popular across the board and there is broad opposition across party lines to any cuts to Medicaid. Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress are pursuing nearly $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid so they can give billionaires another tax cut. If they get their way, millions could lose their health care. Poll after poll confirms this is completely out of step with the American people. Here’s the latest:
Medicaid is Widely Popular. While Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress are trying to slash hundreds of billions from the country’s largest health insurance program, 77 percent of voters view Medicaid favorably, including 70 percent of Republicans.
Americans Overwhelmingly Oppose Cuts to Medicaid. 75 percent of Americans are strongly or somewhat opposed to cuts to Medicaid. 59 percent of Americans, or nearly every three in five, strongly oppose any cuts. And 60 percent of voters, or three in five, know someone who relies on Medicaid for health care coverage, underscoring the fact that the consequences of Republican cuts to Medicaid would touch nearly every household in America.
