Poll: Americans don’t think recipients are ripping off Medicaid

By: Marty Schladen

Outlets: Ohio Capital Journal

Published: July 24, 2026

Words: 766

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 6 days ago

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As some Republican leaders are pushing allegations that Medicaid recipients and their families are defrauding Medicaid, a new poll indicates that most Americans believe they’re far from the main culprit. Most respondents also said they thought the overall Medicaid-fraud push was just politics.

In addition, the poll indicated that when it comes to defrauding the government, Medicaid wasn’t respondent’s top concern — it was taxes.

The poll, by the nonpartisan health-research organization KFF, was …

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