The US Capitol building in Washington is shown on Sunday, June 29, 2025, because the reconciliation package was the subject of discussion. (Photo of Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)
Washington – most Americans believe that “large, beautiful” right of Republicans either hurt them, or will make a significant difference, according to the survey published on Thursday by them a guerrilla organization of KFF health research.
. questionnaire It shows that 46% of people expect that the new tax law and expenditure cutting will generally harm them or their family, and 28% said that it probably would not do significance, and 26% stated that it would assist.
These beliefs were distorted by political parties, and 54% of Republicans claim that the law will assist them or their family, compared to 19% of independent and 7% of democrats.
People enrolled in Medicaid, a state health program for people with lower income and disabled people, have stern concerns about the impact of changes in the program.
Sixty -five percent of Medicaid under 65 patients stated that they expect the law to hurt their or their family. Another 17% said that this would not be larger for them, and 18% expected to assist policy changes.
The law introduces several changes to the actions Released at the beginning of this week Through them, partisan Congress Budget Office.
. report Projects that 10 million people will lose access to health insurance before 2034.
The eternal law repealed tax reductions in 2017 from the first term of office of President Donald Trump and delivered billions Make his plans mass deportations, immigration repression and increased defense expenses.
Some don’t know much about the new law
The KFF survey shows that most Americans know at least something about new law, although 9% of respondents said they know nothing, and 23% said they knew a little.
Democrats had the highest percentage of respondents who claimed that they knew a lot, 35%, or 45%, about law. Twenty -two percent of Republicans said that this year they knew about the highest legislative achievements of their party, and 44% claims that he knows something, 27% claims that they know a little, and 7% claims that they know nothing.
Social media
The huge majority of respondents, 78%, stated that in the last month he saw information about the new Republican law in social media.
Facebook and YouTube were more popular social media platforms so that people could see information about the law of tax and expenses, and then Instagram, Tiktok, X and Reddit.
Forty -seven percent of respondents said that the content they saw on social media had opposed the changes of the policy contained in the law, and 41% stated that it is mixed and 11% stated that they support the work of GOP.
Republicans stated that 26% of what they perceived on social media supported the law, with 53% mixed and 21% opposite. Rolled Democrats said that 76% of what they saw was against, 21% mixed, and 3% supported.
Most respondents said that the content of social media helped them understand what the new law actually does. Sixteen percent said that it was very helpful, 46% stated that it was a bit helpful, 27% stated that it was not very helpful, and 11% stated that it was not helpful at all.
