So Far In the Month of June , Five Different Polls, All Showing The Same Thing: The American Public Strongly Opposes the GOP Plan to End Medicare
- Support for the Republican Medicare plan: Continue as it is now: 58% Change to a payment program (Republican Plan): 31%
- Among independents 58% percent oppose the GOP plan while less than half (43%) of Republicans support it.
Washington Post/ABC News Poll:
- Who do you trust to do a better job protecting the Medicare system? Obama: 49% Congressional Republicans: 35%
- Support for the Republican Medicare plan: Oppose: 49% Support: 32%
- Support for Republican Medicare plan: Oppose 58% Support 35%
- Opposition to Republican Medicare plan among seniors: 74%
- Support for Republican Medicare plan: Oppose: 43% Support: 37%
- Among those 50 and older opposition to the Republican Medicare plan is 51% with 42% strongly opposed