Program for Public Consultation (PPC)

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The Program for Public Consultation (PPC) is joint program of the Center on Policy Attitudes (COPA) and the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland. PPC was established to develop the methods and theory of public consultation and to conduct public consultations. In particular it will work with government agencies to help them consult their citizens on key public policy issues that the government faces. The Center on Policy Attitudes was established in 1992 with the express purpose of giving the public a greater voice in the public policy process. Its staff includes social scientists trained in various forms of research, especially survey research, as well as having broad background in public policy.

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Author: search.filters.author.Lewitus, Evan CharlesSubject: search.filters.subject.Affordable Care Act

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    Majorities of Republicans and Democrats Oppose Cutting Medicaid
    (2025-04-16) Kull, Steven; Fehsenfeld, Evan; Lewitus, Evan Charles
    The American public overwhelmingly opposes cuts to federal assistance programs for low-income households, and in most cases favor increasing their benefits. Large majorities of Republicans and Democrats: Oppose cutting Medicaid Support increasing SNAP benefits (food stamps), and not restricting what they can be used for Support increasing the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), and having it cover more workers These are some of the findings from a new in-depth survey by the University of Maryland’s Program for Public Consultation (PPC), fielded April 4-9, 2025 with a representative sample of 1,195 adults nationwide.
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    Six in Ten Support the Alexander-Murray Healthcare Fixes
    (2018-01) Kull, Steven; Fehsenfeld, Evan; Lewitus, Evan Charles; Martens, Francesca
    A new in-depth survey presented the three key provisions of the Alexander Murray bill, that addresses issues with the Affordable Care Act (ACA), to a sample of 2,511 registered voters and had them evaluate arguments for and against each provision. In the end, all three proposals were endorsed by about six in ten voters. These include allowing Americans age 30 and up to have low cost, high deductible ‘copper plans,’ and reversing the Trump administration cuts for health-care cost subsidies for low-income people, and cuts for outreach and education for the ACA exchanges. One of the most controversial aspects of the ACA is that Americans age 30 and up cannot have what are called ‘copper plans,’ which have lower premiums but require patients to pay nearly all of the medical costs until they meet the high deductible of $7,150. The proposal in the Alexander-Murray bill is to allow older people to have such low-cost plans as well.