The American people will support Medicaid reform. Here's why

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : For example, a majority of Americans believe able-bodied adults on Medicaid should have to work to receive the program's benefits.
57% : It also includes 66% of Americans on Medicaid and 70% of Americans who have received welfare benefits in the past year.
56% : The survey found 78% of Americans support work requirements for Medicaid and other safety net programs.
54% : However, a recent survey by America's New Majority Project found most Americans support commonsense reforms to modernize and improve Medicaid - including those who use it.
53% : There is strong support (85%) for the government to stop paying crooks as a first step toward reform. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Importantly, reforms to Medicaid and other safety net programs must be focused on moral - not purely financial - goals.
48% : Most Americans know Medicaid is not a perfect system and it should be reformed.
45% : Medicaid is not exempt from this belief.
44% : Democrats and the left-wing media are presently demonizing Republicans for wanting to make Medicaid more accountable and affordable.
44% : Ending fraud and abuse in Medicaid and prioritizing care for the poor and disabled are popular, positive ideas.
40% : Further, illegal immigrants are prohibited from receiving federal Medicaid funding (except certain emergency funding), but several states pay Medicaid benefits to illegal immigrants with state-contributed funds.
39% : Beyond specific examples, Americans generally think that roughly 25% of federal spending is lost to fraud.
37% : We believe the American people would also support eliminating waste and fraud in Medicaid.
24% : That's probably why 62% of Americans oppose their state offering Medicaid to illegal immigrants, and a similar number would support a federal law stopping states from enrolling illegal immigrants in Medicaid.

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