Alliance Alert: A new KFF poll confirms what we already know: the American public overwhelmingly opposes cuts to Medicaid. A staggering 72% of adults are concerned that the proposed funding reductions in the House-passed federal budget bill will cost people their health insurance. And 71% worry the cuts will hurt hospitals, non-profits, and other essential providers—especially in rural and underserved communities.
These cuts are not just numbers in a bill. They threaten the health and security of millions, including people with disabilities, families with children, older adults, and individuals with mental health and substance use challenges. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that 7.8 million people could lose coverage by 2034 under this proposal.
Despite claims of targeting “waste, fraud, and abuse,” the reality is that the proposed work requirements, eligibility restrictions, and provider funding limitations would slash services and destabilize service networks across the country. These cuts come alongside proposed reductions to other essential supports like SNAP and housing benefits, putting even more people at risk.
It’s time to act.
Call your U.S. Senators today and tell them:
- Vote NO on any federal budget that includes cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, housing assistance, or other critical services.
- Protect health services and basic needs—don’t push people into crisis to pay for tax cuts.
- Support a budget that reflects our values: dignity, equity, and access to care for all.
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Most of Public Worried about Medicaid Cuts, poll Shows
By Robert King | Politico | June 6, 2025
Most Americans worry about the steep cuts to Medicaid Republicans propose in their megabill — complicating efforts to sell a major part of their domestic policy agenda, a new poll finds.
Seventy-two percent of adults are concerned the funding cuts would cost people their health insurance, according to the poll, released Friday by the health policy research group KFF. Another 71 percent worry the cuts would hurt hospitals, nursing homes and other providers.
“Partisanship drives these attitudes to a certain extent, but about two-thirds or more of Republicans enrolled in Medicaid and those with lower incomes are worried that Medicaid spending reductions would hurt their families and their communities,” according to a KFF release.
The poll illustrates the complications Republicans face in selling changes to Medicaid in their megabill. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates changes to Medicaid, including new requirements that some beneficiaries work, volunteer or go to school, and stricter eligibility reviews, will leave 7.8 million people uninsured by 2034.
Republicans have said they are not cutting Medicaid but instead targeting “waste, fraud and abuse.” The goal is to preserve Medicaid for people who need it such as the disabled, they’ve said. People with disabilities, new mothers, pregnant women and children would be exempt from the 80-hour-per-month “community engagement” requirement.
Democrats have responded that the changes amount to cuts to the program. They point out that the changes would save the government more than $700 billion over the next decade. Republicans need those savings to help pay for the megabill’s tax cuts.
KFF calls the changes “cuts” in its description of the poll results.
The poll finds Democrats are more worried about the cuts’ impact than Republicans and Republican-leaning supporters who identify as part of the Make America Great Again movement.
It showed 94 percent of Democrats and 85 percent of independents worry significant cuts could lead to more children and adults being uninsured. However, 44 percent of Republicans and 39 percent of MAGA Republicans feel the same way.
Another large majority (69 percent) of rural adults are worried that Medicaid cuts could imperil their communities. This includes nearly all rural Democrats at 98 percent, and 52 percent of Republicans.
The poll did not ask about specific parts of the Republican megabill. The legislation includes work, volunteering or education requirements for able-bodied individuals on the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion, penalizes states for covering undocumented immigrants with their own funds and increases eligibility checks on Medicaid recipients.
The megabill is now in the Senate after narrowly passing the House last month. The chamber is debating potential changes, including to the Medicaid provisions.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) has expressed support for the 80-hour per-month community engagement requirements but wants to scrap a proposal to add cost-sharing for beneficiaries and restrict states’ ability to levy taxes on hospitals and providers.