Via Suzy Khimm, evidence from the Kaiser Family Foundation that public support for Medicaid is pretty robust:
Fifty-nine percent of the American people said Medicaid was either “very important” to them or their families (39%) or “somewhat important” (20%).
Paul Ryan is trying to define Medicaid beneficiaries as the new welfare queens, but the essence of the “welfare” debate is persuading most people that a program doesn’t benefit them.
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