{"id":23451,"date":"2025-03-07T09:03:53","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T10:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=23451"},"modified":"2025-03-07T10:22:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T10:22:57","slug":"republican-voters-support-medicaid-but-want-work-requirements-poll-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=23451","title":{"rendered":"Republican Voters Support Medicaid but Want Work Requirements, Poll Finds"},"content":{"rendered":"

More than 60 percent of all voters \u2014 and 47 percent of Democrats \u2014 supported a work requirement for Medicaid, the country\u2019s largest health insurance program.<\/p>\n

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As Congressional Republicans weigh major cuts to Medicaid<\/a>, most voters do not want to see the public health plan\u2019s funding dialed back, according to a poll<\/a> released Friday by KFF, a nonpartisan health research firm.<\/p>\n

Just 17 percent of respondents said they supported cuts to Medicaid, the government health insurance program that covers more than 70 million people<\/a>. Forty percent said they wanted to keep spending unchanged, and 42 percent said they would like it increased.<\/p>\n

But at the same time, the poll found significant support for certain policies that would limit the program, such as requiring enrollees to work. More than 60 percent of voters \u2014 and 47 percent of Democrats \u2014 supported a work requirement, the poll found.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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That change, which has been championed by some congressional Republicans, is estimated<\/a> to cut about $100 billion from Medicaid, as those who were unemployed \u2014 or could not file the paperwork showing they had a job \u2014 would no longer be covered. The program\u2019s cost was $584 billion in 2024<\/a>, or about 8 percent of total federal spending.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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More Than 70 Million Americans Are on Medicaid. This Is Where They Live.<\/h2>\n

As Republicans weigh deep cuts, these congressional districts \u2014 some red, some blue \u2014 have the most to lose.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The poll also illustrated Medicaid\u2019s wide reach, with just over half of respondents saying that either they or a family member had at one point had Medicaid coverage. There was nearly universal agreement that Medicaid mattered to voters\u2019 local communities, with 98 percent of Democrats and 94 percent of Republicans saying they thought it was somewhat or very important.<\/p>\n

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More than 60 percent of all voters \u2014 and 47 percent of Democrats \u2014 supported a work requirement for Medicaid, the country\u2019s largest health insurance program.As Congressional Republicans weigh major cuts to Medicaid, most voters do not want to see the public health plan\u2019s funding dialed back, according to a poll released Friday by KFF, a nonpartisan health research firm.Just 17 percent of respondents said they supported cuts to Medicaid, the government health insurance program that covers more than 70 million people. Forty percent said they wanted to keep spending unchanged, and 42 percent said they would like it increased.But at the same time, the poll found significant support for certain policies that would limit the program, such as requiring enrollees to work. More than 60 percent of voters \u2014 and 47 percent of Democrats \u2014 supported a work requirement, the poll found.That change, which has been championed by some congressional Republicans, is estimated to cut about $100 billion from Medicaid, as those who were unemployed \u2014 or could not file the paperwork showing they had a job \u2014 would no longer be covered. The program\u2019s cost was $584 billion in 2024, or about 8 percent of total federal spending.More Than 70 Million Americans Are on Medicaid. This Is Where They Live.As Republicans weigh deep cuts, these congressional districts \u2014 some red, some blue \u2014 have the most to lose.The poll also illustrated Medicaid\u2019s wide reach, with just over half of respondents saying that either they or a family member had at one point had Medicaid coverage. There was nearly universal agreement that Medicaid mattered to voters\u2019 local communities, with 98 percent of Democrats and 94 percent of Republicans saying they thought it was somewhat or very important.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23453,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23451"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23454,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23451\/revisions\/23454"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}