Medicaid

• 52% of people nationally support the Medicaid expansion under the new Affordable Care Act. Kaiser Family Foundation. January 24, 2013.
• 65% of Americans believe that expanding Medicaid should be an important priority of their elected leaders.  The Kaiser Family Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Harvard School of Public Health, January 3-9, 2013.
• 58% of people thought putting the $716 billion of Medicare funds savings from the Affordable Care Act into Medicaid was a good use of money. United Technologies/National Journal Congressional Connection Poll. September 7-9, 2012
• 63% of people believe Medicare should not be cut at all to reduce the deficit. United Technologies/National Journal Congressional Connection Poll. November 29 - December 2, 2012