Senior Voter Poll: Skin Cancer Care & Medicare Cuts Skip to survey results
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Poll data

Seniors strongly oppose skin cancer care cuts.

A recent national survey of registered voters age 65 and older shows overwhelming opposition to CMS' proposed Medicare payment reductions for dermatology.

What senior voters say

Results below are for registered voters age 65 and older nationwide. Survey conducted by National Research, Inc. on September 8-10, 2026.

49%

have personally had skin cancer or have a family member or acquaintance diagnosed or treated.

59%

see cuts as at odds with Administration priorities to protect seniors and improve early cancer detection.

89%

concerned about cuts after hearing early-versus-late detection survival information.

90%

say seeing a dermatologist for early detection is important.

60%

support President Trump and their member of Congress acting to stop cuts.

73%
Republican
senior voters

support Trump acting to stop cuts.

53%

say presidential action to stop the skin cancer care cuts would align with his Make America Healthy Again commitment.

79%
Republican
senior voters

say action would align with MAHA.

79%

oppose proposed Medicare payment reductions to dermatologists.

Methodology & Source: National Research Inc., National Survey of Seniors: 1,000 registered voters age 65+ nationwide, September 8–10, 2026. Data collection: 100% text-to-online. Reported margin of error: ±3.1 percentage points for the full sample; this does not describe the Republican subgroup's margin of error. These are summaries of selected questions and their reported results. Republican subgroup figures were supplied separately by the campaign.

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