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Long-term care researcher at KFF
NEW @kff.org analysis finds a congressional proposal to eliminate the ACA Medicaid expansion could reduce total Medicaid spending by up to nearly one-fifth, or $1.9 trillion, over a 10-year period, and end Medicaid coverage for as many as 20 million people.
www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...
![quote 1: We shouldn’t have to suffer because of somebody wanting to propose cuts to it, you know, because we, we didn’t do anything. So, you know, let it, it can come from somewhere else. I just, I would oppose it. – 60-year-old, Black male (Trump voter, Missouri)
quote 2: People would be unable to take care of themselves and be healthy and get mental health issues taken care of, to get vision and dental; people would suffer. They wouldn’t be able to work. And the economy would suffer. – 55-year-old, White female (Trump voter, Oklahoma)
quote 3: I would oppose [cutting Medicaid] just because there’s a lot of people who need it, who would be affected by it negatively. – 29-year-old, White male (Trump voter, Pennsylvania)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:e6yd2ulnejydqlqmicmikvrn/bafkreibu5hlbwgvlog5mkzaozc45gpc5k7hlryab6of4tn3kd52zi2t4ia@jpeg)
quote 1: We shouldn’t have to suffer because of somebody wanting to propose cuts to it, you know, because we, we didn’t do anything. So, you know, let it, it can come from somewhere else. I just, I would oppose it. – 60-year-old, Black male (Trump voter, Missouri) quote 2: People would be unable to take care of themselves and be healthy and get mental health issues taken care of, to get vision and dental; people would suffer. They wouldn’t be able to work. And the economy would suffer. – 55-year-old, White female (Trump voter, Oklahoma) quote 3: I would oppose [cutting Medicaid] just because there’s a lot of people who need it, who would be affected by it negatively. – 29-year-old, White male (Trump voter, Pennsylvania)
Both Trump and Harris voters opposed cuts to the program fearing that Medicaid spending reductions would jeopardize the program and take away access to health care for poor people. Participants opposed cutting Medicaid funding to pay for tax cuts that they did not believe would benefit them. (4/9)
25.02.2025 20:54 — 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0Great new work from @kff.org --
When asked about the consequences of losing Medicaid, a 55-year old Trump voter from Oklahoma said "For me it would, it would probably lead to death, and that’s kinda harshly speaking, but it’s the way that it would be."
www.kff.org/medicaid/rep...
Medicaid covers 72 million people, more than one out of every five people in the U.S.
28.01.2025 19:02 — 👍 72 🔁 43 💬 5 📌 3Medicaid pays for over half of long-term care in the U.S. - disruptions to the program could have devastating impacts on those whose lives depend on uninterrupted care from their providers. Check out @kff.org for more information on Medicaid & long-term care:
www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...
House GOP Eyeing Cuts of Nearly One-Third in Projected #Medicaid Spending - see quick explainer putting $2.3 trillion in context. www.kff.org/quick-take/h...
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