A majority of Virginians oppose using federal Medicaid funds to expand health coverage, according to a new poll that finds public opinion has rapidly soured on Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s top priority.

The Wason Center at Christopher Newport University poll found that 53 percent of the state’s voters oppose enrolling more Virginians in the federal-state health program.

http://cnu.edu/cpp/pdf/april_2014_medicaid_budget.pdf

Pass the budget, debate over Medicaid later.

Looks like Fast Terry's now the obstructionist. But at least we have a new name for the Sea of Japan.

That poll is bullshit. Its swung 12 points in 3 months with 80 % of Virginians completely oblivious to the budget battle.

I call your one obscure university poll bullshit.

Is this the same poll that says all residents benefit from turf fields?

Bunch of right-wing fucktards trying to make a splash. The poll question does not even mention the words "medicaid expansion". Three months ago it did, but they didn't get the results they wanted, so they took the words out and tried again. What a bunch of worthless pukes and assholes. This is the sort of worthless trash that the right-wing serves up every day. Fucking ridiculous.

Asshole Sighting Wrote:
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> Bunch of right-wing fucktards trying to make a
> splash.


CNU's Wason Center for Public Policy is a bunch of right-wing fucktards? Who knew? They weren't when the lefttards were pumping the results last time when it said what they liked and when a separate survey showed Clinton leading all potential Republican candidates. lol


> The poll question does not even mention
> the words "medicaid expansion". Three months ago
> it did, but they didn't get the results they
> wanted, so they took the words out and tried
> again. What a bunch of worthless pukes and
> assholes. This is the sort of worthless trash
> that the right-wing serves up every day. Fucking
> ridiculous.


The questions between the two surveys are not exactly comparable. But then the only people here reaching for that are you and Gerry as a basis to discredit the current survey based solely on the delta from the last.

The current question does more clearly frame the nature of the debate (which is more to the point now versus the more generic nature earlier) and it does clearly reflect the question of whether to expand Medicaid per McAullife's approach or that of the state Republicans. The question itself stands alone just fine as an indication of which side of the debate those asked tend to support.

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In that debate, the Democrats propose to subsidize private insurance for 400,000
uninsured and low income Virginians by using federal Medicaid money that would
otherwise not come to Virginia. Republicans oppose this expansion because they fear the federal Medicaid money will not come as promised, and also say the current Medicaid program has too much waste and abuse and needs reformed before it is expanded.

I’d like to know where you stand, would you say that you generally [RANDOMIZE:
“support using federal Medicaid money to expand health coverage” or “oppose using
federal Medicaid money to expand health coverage”]?

http://cnu.edu/cpp/pdf/april_2014_medicaid_budget.pdf

Gerrymanderer2 Wrote:
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> That poll is bullshit. Its swung 12 points in 3
> months with 80 % of Virginians completely
> oblivious to the budget battle.
>
> I call your one obscure university poll bullshit.


Wrong.

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The Medicaid Expansion Debate: Virginians have been paying attention to the debate over Medicaid expansion taking place in Richmond, with 58% saying they have been following it either very closely or somewhat closely, and only 20% saying they have not followed it at all.

Question/Results:

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How closely have you been following the debate in Richmond over the issue of
expanding subsidized health insurance coverage for the working poor, would
you say...

Very closely 20
Somewhat closely 38
Not closely 23
Not at all 20