The US capitol in Washington, DC, on Thursday, April 18, 2024. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)
Washington -Republicans and supporters of President Donald Trump from America Great Anger platform support the “big, beautiful calculation” of the party, which was adopted by the US house, even though the Americans look at the legislation unfavorably overall.
The survey shows that almost two thirds of the respondents or 64%do not support the changes to the tax policy and the Republicans have included the comprehensive house version in the comprehensive version of the law that the Senate would like to include this month.
If they have broken through political affiliation, only 13% of Democrats and 27% of independent look at legislation positively. These numbers are in a acute contrast to Republicans, 61% support the invoice and 72% of those who identify as Maga supporters.
However, these views fluctuated when the people interviewed asked specific questions about certain elements of the package and the real effects of legislation:
- The overall percentage of respondents with an unfavorable view of the invoice rose from 64% to 67% when they were informed that the federal expenditure for Medicaid would reduce more than 700 billion US dollars, and a treasure through the impartial congress office.
- Aversion to legislation rose to 74%when the respondents were informed that changes in guidelines would lead to 10 million people losing their health insurance coverage, another estimate from CBO analysis.
- The opposition rose to 79%when people were informed that legislation would reduce the financing of local hospitals.
“The public did not have much time to digest what is in the large, beautiful but almost incomprehensible calculation when it races through the congress, and many do not have much information about it,” wrote KFF President and CEO Drew Altman in an explanation. “Our survey shows that views on the legislative template and its provisions on health care can shift if they present more information and arguments about its effects, even among the Maga supporters.”
Senators wrestle with what to do
The house was mainly true after party lines To approve the 11-bill package at the end of May, send the legislation to the Senate.
GOP senators have spent weeks to debate comfortably about which parts of the house legislation are to be kept, which they should change and which they have to remove, and at the same time met with the parliamentarian The convoluted reconciliation process.
The majority leader of the Senate, John Thune, Rs.d., plans to bring the version of the package of his chamber to the ground next week, even though this timeline could slip. Before the Senate can approve the rewritten bill, the legislators will vote hours about dozens of changes during a so-called as a voice A-Rama.
Significant cross -party support for Medicaid
The KFF survey Published on Tuesday shows that 83% of Americans Medicaid, which are to be used to overhaul and reduce the GOP legislators.
This support remains high across political parties. 93% of Democrats, 83% of the independent and 74% of Republicans who have a favorable opinion of The state health program For people with a lower income and some with disabilities.
The respondents seemed to support a provision in the house bill, in which some Medicaid people would take part in an educational program for at least 80 hours per month or take part in an educational program.
The change is supported by about two thirds of the respondents, although the numbers change depending on the question.
For example, when most adults already work for Medicaid and that it is unable to meet the paperwork associated with the novel requirement, 64% of the requirements surveyed should meet.
Planned parenthood
There was also broad opposition, a total of 67%, the language in the house bill that would block all Medicaid financial means through the routine health care in the planned parenthood. There is a long -term ban on federal financing through abortion with exceptions for rape, incest or the life of the pregnant patient.
The resistance to the determination of the planned parenthood rose to 80%when the respondents were announced that no federal payments go directly to the planned parenthood towards abortion and that the termination of all medical payments to the organization would make it more tough for women with lower income to access birth control, cancer screening and STD tests.
The Republicans more support this change, with 54% supporting politics and 46% of the novel block for Medicaid patients go to planned parenthood. However, 78% of independent women and 51% of Republican women reject the change.
Food aid program
The respondents also had concerns about how changes in the supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or Snap would influence, which would afford the ability of people, afford to afford people, and 70% indicated that they were either very or worried.
At 92%, the Democrats had the highest concern, followed by independent with 74%and Republicans with 47%.
Overall, the Republicans have the highest proportion of people surveyed who believe that the dozens of GOP policy changes in the “large, beautiful calculation” will lend a hand them or their family.
A total of 32% of the Republicans surveyed believe that legislation will benefit them, while 47% gave that it will not make a gigantic difference, and 21% indicated that she or your family hurt.
Thirteen percent of independent expect legislation to lend a hand them, while 39% said that they will probably not make a difference, and 47% expect it to harm them or their family.
Of the Democrats surveyed, only 6% stated that the GOP-MEGA-Bill helps them, while 26% provided that it didn’t play much a role, and 66% expected that they would violate them or their family.
When asked whether the bill would lend a hand, make no gigantic difference or violate certain groups of people, the greatest percentage of the respondents expects that it will lend a hand wealthy people.
Fifty percent of the respondents stated that wealthy people would benefit from the legislation. 21% believe that it will lend a hand people with lower incomes, and 20% stated that they assume the families of the middle class that they will benefit from it.
Seventeen percent believe that it will lend a hand immigrants, 14% expect it to lend a hand people who take out their own health insurance, 13% believe that it will lend a hand people at Medicaid, 13% believe that people at SNAP and 8% will expect and will benefit from immigrants.
KFF carried out the survey from June June 8th, both online and by phone under a nationally representative sample of 1,321 US -growing. The error rate is plus or minus 3 percentage points for the complete sample size.
