Most voters support adding work requirements for some Medicaid beneficiaries, according to a new poll from Morning Consult and Politico.
The poll released Monday found 51 percent of 1,997 voters surveyed supported requiring individuals to have a job to receive Medicaid benefits. Republicans tried to include work requirements for some beneficiaries as part of Obamacare repeal and replace efforts that fell short in the Senate last month.
The poll found that 37 percent oppose work requirements.
Five states — Arizona, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, and Wisconsin — have submitted waiver requests to the Trump administration to install work requirements as a condition for eligibility, according to the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation.
Work requirements are gaining traction in the states after the Trump administration signaled to states it would be more lenient in approving waivers that allow the practice.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services hasn’t approved any of the waivers.
The poll was conducted Aug. 10-14 among 1,997 registered voters and has a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points, according to Morning Consult.
