Fewer than half of Individuals in a brand new ballot say they belief President Trump or his health-related nominees to make suggestions on the nation’s urgent well being care points.
The newest KFF survey, printed Tuesday, finds 42 % of respondents say they’ve both a fantastic deal or truthful quantity of belief in Trump to make the best suggestions on the subject of well being points.
An identical 43 % say the identical about Dr. Mehmet Oz, Trump’s choose to guide the Facilities for Medicare and Medicaid Providers (CMS). One other 43 % stated the identical about Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whom Trump tapped to go the Division of Well being and Human Providers (HHS).
The survey outcomes reveal a major partisan divide. The overwhelming majority of Republicans have excessive confidence in Trump and his nominees — 84 % within the president, 83 % in Oz, and 81 % in Kennedy, the ballot discovered.
Few Democrats echoed the sentiment, with simply 14 % having both a fantastic deal or truthful quantity of belief in Oz to sort out well being points. One other 7 % stated the identical about Kennedy and Trump, the info reveals.
Amongst independents, 45 % have both a fantastic deal or truthful quantity of confidence in Kennedy, whereas 37 % say the identical about Oz, and 36 % say they’re assured in Trump on well being points, based on the survey.
The survey outcomes had been revealed forward of Kennedy’s scheduled affirmation hearings this week. He’s set to look earlier than the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday and the Senate Well being, Schooling, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee on Thursday.
Kennedy has confronted criticism on each side of the aisle. Liberals level to his longtime advocacy in opposition to vaccines and his position because the founding father of the outstanding anti-vaccine group Youngsters’s Well being Protection.
On the conservative aspect, the group Advancing American Freedom (AAF), created by former Vice President Mike Pence, launched a six-figure advert marketing campaign Wednesday opposing Kennedy’s nomination.
Whereas the adverts spotlight controversial feedback made by Kennedy throughout a wide range of points, AAF has zeroed in on the previous impartial presidential candidate’s previous assist for abortion.
The KFF survey was performed from Jan. 7-14 amongst 1,310 adults. The margin of error is 3 share factors.
