While most Medicaid beneficiaries under age 65 are either Democratic or independent, 27 percent said they are Republican or lean Republican, including 19 percent who identify as Trump’s MAGA supporters, according to KFF.

Among those GOP Medicaid recipients, the poll found three-quarters are worried that sweeping changes to the program would hurt their family’s ability to get and pay for care, and nearly 70 percent are concerned the cuts would lead to an increase in the uninsured and negatively impact providers.

Overall, Democrats and independents were much more likely than Republicans to say they worry about potential negative consequences of Medicaid cuts. But nearly a third of Republicans and 26 percent of MAGA supporters who aren’t on Medicaid said they were concerned about their or their families’ own access to health care, the survey found.

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    16 days ago

    When conservatives suffer because of how they voted, I will have no sympathy. And I generally have an attitude of wanting good things for strangers.

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      16 days ago

      The problem is that it’s a vicious cycle.

      Poorer -> less well educated and more stressed -> voting for lying arseholes -> poorer -> …

      Sympathy aside, we need to break that cycle somewhere…

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      16 days ago

      Not after my kid was thrown onto the board. Cut everything off now, burn it and start fresh before it turns gen A into some kind of psycho zombie thing.