Priya Chidambaram
@preetabread.bsky.social
Long-term care researcher at KFF
Reposted by Priya Chidambaram
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)
![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)
February 25, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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)