Republicans May Find It Harder to Cut Medicaid Than They Think – Politico
“A 2024 poll conducted by the nonprofit health research organization KFF found that 71 percent of voters wanted Medicaid to remain more or less the way it is today, including more than half of Republicans. And 77 percent of people surveyed recently viewed the program favorably, including 63 percent of GOP respondents.
“Such broad support may not be surprising considering how many people have a direct connection to the program. Roughly two-thirds of adults in the United States say they or a family member or close friend have relied on Medicaid.
“Medicaid is now the single largest payer for treatment of opioid and other substance abuse, and it covers care for other serious mental illness. It covers disabled people, both adults and kids (recall the “Little Lobbyists,” the young children with disabilities who helped fight against Obamacare repeal). It pays for about four in 10 births in America, and much of the prenatal and postnatal care that’s been prioritized in both liberal and conservative states grappling with high rates of maternal mortality. It’s also the single biggest payer of nursing homes and long-term care, including for middle-class people facing the crushing costs of growing old in America.”
CCSE blasts from the past:
Upgrade Medicaid, don’t gut it – Karl Polzer/WaExaminer op-ed
A Health Policy Wish List for Christmas
