President Donald Trump 's approval rating with Medicaid recipients has dropped a staggering 16 points since January, a new poll from Morning Consult shows on Thursday.

Why It Matters

The shift occurred as Republicans advanced major cuts to Medicaid in the party's signature budget legislation, a bill the president dubbed "the big, beautiful bill."

Medicaid covers more than 71 million low-income Americans and serves as a cornerstone of health coverage for vulnerable populations.

Recently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reached an agreement that provided U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) access to certain Medicaid user data, a move that raised privacy and access-to-care concerns among advocates and some o

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