Despite Concerns About State Budgets and Policymakers’ Frustrations With the Costs of Medicaid,

... Americans View the Program Positively and Are Reluctant to See State and Federal Cuts

Washington, DC-- Perhaps surprisingly given years of debate about Medicaid, frequent references to the program as the “Pac Man” of state budgets, and periodic calls for reform, public attitudes toward Medicaid are remarkably positive, and opposition to cuts is reasonably strong, according to a new public opinion survey released today by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

While two-thirds of the public think their state has major budget problems, a substantial majority are reluctant to cut Medicaid to balance state budgets, and a majority think the federal government should maintain (44%) or increase (36%) federal spending on Medicaid; only 12% of the public prefer seeing federal funding of Medicaid cut.

Attitudes Towards Medicaid

Nearly three-quarters (74%) of adults say Medicaid is a “very important" government program, ranking it close to Social Security (88%) and Medicare (83%) in the public’s mind, equal to federal aid to public schools (74%), and above defense and military spending (57%). ...

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