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May 19, 2014: Associated Press/National Opinion Research Center–Nationwide Poll of Adults Over 40 Years old on Perceptions of Medicaid

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“Medicaid is a governmenthealth care coverage program for low income people and people with certaindisabilities. Do you think you will need Medicaid to help pay for your ongoingliving assistance expenses as you grow older or not?”

yes                                        41%
no                                          53%
don’t know                                6%

“How much responsibilityshould Medicaid have for paying for the costs of ongoing living assistance?”

very large/ large                    38%
moderate                              37%

small/ none at all                   19%

“Now I am going to read alist of support systems that might provide help for you as you age. How much helpdo you think the Medicaid system, which provides health care coverage forlow-income adults and people with certain disabilities will provide to you asyou age a great deal, quite a bit, a moderate amount, only a little, or not atall?”

a great deal                          10%

quite a bit                               7%

a moderate amount               28%

only a little                            22%

none at all                             26%

via Polling the Nations

Universe:Country:United States

Method:telephone:landline and cell phone

Sample Size:1419

http://www.apnorc.org/PDFs/Long Term Care/AP-NORC LTC topline_v11.pdf 

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