Survey Finds Congressional Battleground Voters in Favor of Maintaining Medicare Patient Access to Skin Substitutes and Will Vote Accordingly

Voters overwhelmingly agree that bad actors, not patients, should be punished for fraud

December 8, 2025 – As Medicare moves forward with major changes to skin substitute policy that will harm patients, likely voters in Congressional battleground districts stand firmly in opposition even across the political spectrum, polling data shows:

Nearly six of 10 voters approved of maintaining an appropriate price for skin substitutes to maintain patient access, with only two of 10 disapproving. Additionally, the same number agreed reducing payments would seriously compromise patient access to the last option for diabetic care, leading to more amputations, emergency department visits, and premature deaths.
The results remained consistent across both Republican and Democratic battleground districts, showing this issue crosses party lines.
Nearly seven in 10 (68%) are more likely to vote for a candidate who “voted to maintain the payment rate to doctors and hospitals, which will improve access to critical, lifesaving treatments for seniors living with diabetes.”

Voters overwhelmingly supported the government punishing bad actors for fraud and strongly agreed patients should not be penalized (84%).

Further topline data showed patient access to care (39%) and healthcare cost (64%) were top priorities for voters. Medicare’s change in the Physician Fee Schedule and pending local coverage determinations will directly impact patient access to care and cost, leaving patients to foot the bill out-of-pocket for their final treatment option before amputation and hospitalization.

“The data is clear,” said Preeya Noronha Pinto, spokesperson for the MASS Coalition. “Voters do not support Medicare’s recent changes to the Physician Fee Schedule and upcoming Local Coverage Determinations. The MASS Coalition has steadily maintained that the government can both fight fraud while not harming patients, and voters agree. With the 2026 midterms around the corner, battleground voters are explicitly supportive of Medicare patients’ access to care and will have plenty of time to feel the effects of Medicare’s disastrous policy and vote accordingly.”
“If Medicare won’t set fair reimbursements for skin substitutes, members of Congress should intervene to protect patient lives. Their constituents are paying attention.”