70% of Americans oppose Medicare home health cuts, national poll finds

70% of Americans oppose Medicare home health cuts, national poll finds 
National Alliance for Care at Home, Alexandria, VA and Washington, DC; Press Release; 9/4/25
A new national poll by Fabrizio Ward, commissioned by the National Alliance for Care at Home (the Alliance), finds that seven in ten Americans oppose the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) 2026 Medicare home health proposed rule, which would slash Medicare home health funding by an additional 9%, or $1.1 billion, next year. These cuts would put lifesaving home health care for millions of Americans at risk, particularly seniors and those with disabilities, while doing nothing to address fraud, waste, and abuse occurring in the home health payment system.