Poll: Huge Majorities Reject Trump's Medicare And Medicaid Cuts

[DonViejo]

March 15, 2019 10:05 pm

New national polling from Public Policy Polling conducted for the organization Protect Our Care shows overwhelming voter rejection of the cuts to Medicare and Medicaid in the budget the Trump administration released this week, once more elevating health care to a key issue for the 2020 campaign, and creating a major headache for Republicans.

The survey found that 60 percent of voters are opposed to Trump’s proposed Medicaid cuts; 72 percent say they oppose the proposed Medicare cuts; and 50 percent say they’re less likely to vote for him because of these proposed cuts. That includes 54 percent who consider themselves independents. When the question about Trump’s proposed budget cuts was prefaced by the statement “President Trump is proposing these cuts to Medicare and Medicaid after his tax plan gave hundreds of billions of dollars in new tax breaks for big corporations, including health insurance companies and drug companies,” the number that say they are less likely to support him jumps to 54 percent. That includes 57 percent of voters over age 65 and 51 percent of independents.

The proposed budget would cut $780 billion from Medicaid over the next 10 years and reduce the growth of the program by $1.4 trillion. It would cut $846 billion from Medicare. The administration argues it’s just cutting waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicare (it doesn’t bother to justify destroying Medicaid), ignoring the fact that cuts that deep to providers in Medicare will rebound onto patients.

White House budgets are never binding, but they’re a reflection of the values and priorities of the president. Boy, is this budget a reflection of Trump—one that Democrats are going to hang around the neck of every Republican between now and November 3, 2020.

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http://www.nationalmemo.com/poll-huge-majorities-reject-trumps-medicare-and-medicaid-cuts/

[rampartc]

1. step 1. do not pass this portion of the budget but

hold hearings and debate this in congress to get every one of them on record, with an emphasis on "what is that 90 y/o going to do when she is evicted from the nursing home because her medicaid was cut? "

[Soxfan58]

2. She has to stop being a taker.

Get a job grandma!

[brewens]

5. So-called conservatives have no problem with socialism if it puts money in their pocket.

I think Trump will be surprised how few of his worshipers want to make up the difference when he cuts their parents income and medical care.

[Buckeyeblue]

3. This is a major issue that needs to be repeated in every stump speech

Republicans want to take your money. You paid into this. This is not an entitlement, this is not welfare, this is not socialism. This money is a direct result of your hard work and your investment into your country, our country. Republicans don't want to invest in our country. They want 2 things: the poor to be poorer. And the rich to be richer.

[smirkymonkey]

7. +1000

Absolutely! This is the point that every Democrat and every Democratic ad needs to hammer home until the next election. This is what will sink them.

[uponit7771]

8. +1

[UniteFightBack]

4. I can't wait until I see the OP: "Majority Rejects Rump"........period. nt

[bullwinkle428]

6. Fuckface is writing our campaign commercials for 2020. We just have to put them on the air.