Medicare, Medicaid Cuts 'Unacceptable' to Most Americans

Americans want lawmakers to reach a compromise rather than go over the fiscal cliff at the end of the year, but they also strongly oppose raising the minimum Medicare age or limiting Medicaid eligibility, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll.

Sixty-eight percent polled said cutting Medicaid spending to close the budget deficit would be "unacceptable," and 60 percent said the same for raising the Medicare eligibility age from 65 to 67, according to the poll.

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