July 13-18, 2011: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation/Princeton Survey Research Associates International Poll—Nationwide poll on whether Medicaid cuts are an acceptable way to decrease federal spending.
“To reduce the deficit would you support majorreductions, minor reductions, or no reductions to spending onMedicaid, thegovernment program that provides health insurance and long-term care to certainlow-income adults and children?”
14% Major Reductions
36% Minor Reductions
48% No Reductions
2% Don۪t Know/Refused
Methodology:Conducted by
Princeton Survey Research
Associates International, July
13 – July 18, 2011 and based
on 1,201 telephone interviews.
Sample: national adult. 800
respondents were interviewed
on a landline telephone, and
401 were interviewed on a cell
phone, including 180 who had
no landline telephone.
[USPSRA.11HTPJUL.R16B]
Formal Citation
KaiserHealth Tracking Poll, Jul, 2011. Retrieved Aug-4-2011 from the iPOLL Databank,The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, University of Connecticut.http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/data_access/ipoll/ipoll.html