April 15-20, 2013: Kaiser Health Tracking Poll—Nationwide poll on expanding Medicaid to cover more low-income people
What if you heard that this expansion mayrequire your state to spend some more money on Medicaid in the future, eventhough the federal government would be picking up most of the cost? Would youstill prefer to expand Medicaid to cover more low-income uninsured people inyour state, or would you now prefer to keep Medicaid as it is today?
88% |
Still prefer to expand Medicaid
|
9% |
Now prefer to keep Medicaid as is
|
3% |
Don’t know/Refused |
Subpopulation/Note: Asked of those who want toexpand Medicaid (50%).
Survey by Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.Methodology: Conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International,April 15 – April 20, 2013 and based on 1,203 telephone interviews. Sample:National adult. 601 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone, and602 were interviewed on a cell phone, including 339 who had no landlinetelephone. [USPSRA.13HTPAPR.R07]
As you may know, the (2010) health care lawexpands Medicaid to provide health insurance to more low-income uninsuredadults. The federal government will initially pay the entire cost of thisexpansion, and after several years, states will pay 10 percent and the federalgovernment will pay 90 percent. The Supreme Court ruled that states may choosewhether or not to participate in this expansion. What do you think your state shoulddo? Do you think your state should keep Medicaid as it is today or expandMedicaid to cover more low-income uninsured people?
41% |
Keep Medicaid as it is today
|
50% |
Expand Medicaid
|
3% |
Other/Neither (Vol.)
|
6% |
Don’t know/Refused |
Survey by Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.Methodology: Conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International,April 15 – April 20, 2013 and based on 1,203 telephone interviews. Sample:National adult. 601 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone, and602 were interviewed on a cell phone, including 339 who had no landlinetelephone. [USPSRA.13HTPAPR.R07]
As far you know, have your state’s governor andlegislature decided that your state will expand Medicaid, decided your statewill not expand Medicaid, not made a final decision yet, or have you not heardenough about this to say?
7% |
Governor and legislature decided state will expand Medicaid
|
9% |
Governor and legislature decided state will not expand Medicaid
|
9% |
Governor and legislature have not made a final decision yet
|
70% |
Not heard enough to say
|
5% |
Don’t know/Refused
|
Foundation.Methodology: Conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International,April 15 – April 20, 2013 and based on 1,203 telephone interviews. Sample:National adult. 601 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone, and602 were interviewed on a cell phone, including 339 who had no landlinetelephone. [USPSRA.13HTPAPR.R10]
What if you heard that this would mean manylow-income people in your state would be left without health insurance, andyour state would be giving up additional federal dollars for covering itsuninsured residents? Would you still prefer to keep Medicaid as it is today, orwould you now prefer to expand Medicaid to cover more low-income uninsuredpeople in your state?
75% |
Still prefer to keep Medicaid as it is today
|
17% |
Now prefer to expand Medicaid
|
8% |
Don’t know/Refused |
Survey by Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.Methodology: Conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International,April 15 – April 20, 2013 and based on 1,203 telephone interviews. Sample:National adult. 601 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone, and602 were interviewed on a cell phone, including 339 who had no landlinetelephone. [USPSRA.13HTPAPR.R08]Subpopulation/Note: Asked of those who want tokeep Medicaid as it is today (41%).
Formal Citation
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll, Apr, 2013. RetrievedMay-7-2013 from the iPOLL Databank, The Roper Center for Public OpinionResearch, University of Connecticut.http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/data_access/ipoll/ipoll.html