80% to 18%
Margin by which Americans oppose cuts in Medicare, the government health program for the elderly, or Medicaid, the program for the poor, according to a new McClatchy-Marist poll. Even among conservatives, just 29% supported cuts, and 68% opposed them. House Republicans voted nearly unanimously last week to drastically restructure and reduce those programs, while President Obama called for trimming their costs but leaving them essentially intact.
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