As Congress considers a transformational budget bill that can pass the Senate with just 51 votes instead of 60 through the process of reconciliation, a recent poll finds that nearly three-quarters of Americans support reforms to Medicaid, one of the major entitlement programs that takes up a large percentage of federal spending.
“A proposal has been made to reduce the growth in Medicaid spending,” RMG Research, a polling firm, asked registered voters in a poll conducted on behalf of Napolitan News Service. “The proposal would remove illegal immigrants from Medicaid and require all who want Medicaid to work if they are able. Would you favor or oppose this proposal?”
Most respondents (71%) said they would either “strongly favor” (40%) or “somewhat favor” (31%) the proposal, while only 25% said they would “somewhat oppose” (14%) or “strongly oppose”…
