Thursday, April 18th, 2024, the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC (Photo: Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s Republicans and supporters support the party’s “big, beautiful bill” that passed the House of Representatives in the US, but Americans are looking at legislation at a disadvantage, according to a survey released Tuesday by the non-partisan health research agency KFF.

The survey shows that almost two-thirds of those voted, or 64%, do not support tax policy changes, are included in the swept-house version of the bill the Senate is set to take up this month.

When categorized by political affiliation, only 13% of Democrats and 27% of independents view the law favorably. These numbers contrast sharply with Republicans, with 61% supporting the bill and 72% of those who identified as Magazine supporters.

However, these views fluctuated when people under investigation were asked specific questions about the specific elements of the package and the real-world impact of legislation.

• The overall proportion of people surveyed on the bill’s unfavorable views rose from 64% to 67% when it was said to cut federal spending on Medicaid more than $700 billion. estimate By the Nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
• The disgust of the law increased to 74% when policy changes were said to lead to 10 million people losing health insurance coverage. This is another estimate from the CBO analysis.
• The opposition rose to 79% when people were told that the law would cut funds for local hospitals.

“The public hasn’t had much time to dig into a large, beautiful, yet barely understandable bill, as they compete through Congress. “Our polls show that opinions on the bill and its health provisions could change even among MAGA supporters if more information and discussion about its effectiveness is presented.”

Senators are working on what to do

house I voted mainly along the party line. In late May, the 11 building package was approved and the law was sent to the Senate.

The GOP Senators internally discussed which parts of the House Act to maintain, which parts to change, and which removals, and internally discussed a closing meeting with Congress to determine whether they comply with Congressional rules. A complex settlement process.

Senate majority leader John Tune, Rs.D. will bring his chamber of commerce version of the package to the floor next week, but that timeline could slip. Before the Senate approves the rewritten bill, lawmakers will spend hours voting for dozens of amendments while known as the llama vote.

Significant bipartisan support for Medicaid

KFF polls Released Tuesday, shows that 83% of Americans are supporting Medicaid, with overhauls and spending cuts planned by GOP lawmakers.

That support remains high across political parties where 93% of Democrats, 83% of independents and 74% of Republicans have favorable opinions State and Federal Health Programs For those with low incomes and disabled people.

The investigators appear to support the provisions of the House bill. This requires some Medicaid people to work, participate in community services, or participate in educational programs at least 80 hours.

This change is supported by about two-thirds of those surveyed, but numbers shift depending on how you ask questions.

For example, when most adults in Medicaid were already working and were told that some could lose coverage if they were unable to complete the paperwork related to the new requirement, 64% of those who voted against the new requirement.

Planned parent-child relationship

There was also widespread opposition to the language of the House bill, which blocked Medicaid funds from going to planned custody for daily health care. For many years, federal funds have been prohibited from going towards abortion, with the exception of rape, incest or the lives of pregnant patients.

Opposition to the planned parent clause increased to 80% when it was said that federal payments to planned parents do not go directly to abortion and end all Medicaid payments to the organization make it more difficult for low-income women to access birth control, cancer screening and STD testing.

Republicans are more supportive of the change, with 54% planning on supporting the policy and 46% opposing the new block of Medicaid patients. However, 78% of independent women and 51% of Republican women are opposed to the change.

Food Assistance Program

Surveyers also said they were concerned about how changes to supplemental nutrition assistance programs, or changes to SNAP, affecting the ability of low-income people to afford food, with 70% saying they are very or somewhat interested.

Democrats held the highest level of concern at 92%, followed by 74% of independents and 47% of Republicans.

Overall, Republicans hold the largest share of voted people who believe dozens of GOP policy changes in the “big and beautiful bill” will help them or their families.

A total of 32% of Republicans surveyed believe the law would benefit them, while 47% said it didn’t make a big difference, while 21% said it would hurt them or their family.

Though 13% of independents expect the law to help them, 39% say it won’t make a difference, and 47% expect it to harm them and their families.

Of the Democratic polls, only 6% said they expected GOP Megaville to help them, while 26% said it wouldn’t be an issue, while 66% expected it would hurt them or their family.

When asked if the bill would hurt a particular group rather than making too much difference, the largest percentage of people who voted for it expect it to help the wealthy.

Fifty-one percent of those surveyed said they expected wealthy people to benefit from the bill, 21 percent believe it would help people with low incomes, and 20 percent believe middle-class families will benefit.

17% believe immigration is helpful. 14% expect to help people who buy their health insurance. 13% believe they will help Medicaid people, 13% think they will help SNAP people, and 8% expect to benefit undocumented immigrants.

KFF voted online and over the phone from June 4th to 8th, making it one of the nationally representative samples of 1,321 US adults. The margin of error is either plus or minus 3 percentage points of the full sample size.