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Kaiser Health Tracking Poll – May 2017: The AHCA’s Proposed Changes to Health Care – Medicaid

Kaiser Health Tracking Poll – May 2017: The AHCA’s Proposed Changes to Health Care – Medicaid

KEY FINDINGS: The American Health Care Act (AHCA) includes substantial changes to Medicaid – the program that provides coverage for medical care and long-term care services to low-income people. Overall, six in ten Americans (58 percent) say Medicaid is either “very” or “somewhat” important for them and their family – including a majority of Democrats (64 percent) and independents (57 percent) and nearly half (46 percent) of Republicans.