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"If, as many Washington polls do, you call Medicare an “entitlement” and Medicaid “welfare,” people are more likely to want to see cuts in funding.\nThe Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation conducts a Kaiser Health Tracking poll to take the temperature of Americans when it comes to healthcare programs. A January 2018 poll revealed some important issues with language.\nCongress is looking for ways to fill the shortfall of $1.5 trillion created by the new tax legislation. In their minds, one way to do that is to cut healthcare funding. How do Americans feel about that? It depends on how you ask them.\nApproval & Disapproval of Cuts to Medicare\nWhen the poll asked about approval or disapproval of cuts to Medicare, only 7 percent said they wanted to see cuts. And when the poll asked the question substituting the word entitlements, 27 percent said they approved of cuts.\nIn addition, when the poll asked about approval or disapproval of cuts to Medicaid, only 12 percent said they approved. However, when the term welfare was substituted, 32 percent approved.\n........"
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