# Six in ten say Medicaid should cover period supplies

Canonical page: https://data.verasight.io/culture/six-in-ten-say-medicaid-should-cover-period-supplies/

> Indexed question in Culture.

## Reading

More Americans back Medicaid coverage of period supplies than oppose it: 61% agree the program should pay for items such as pads, tampons, and cups, including 34% who strongly agree, according to a Verasight survey conducted Nov. 14-20, 2025.

About one-in-six (16%) disagree, and 23% land in the middle.

## Topline

Please indicate how strongly you agree or disagree with the following statement: "Medicaid should cover the cost of the period supplies (such as pads, tampons, liners, cups and, period underwear)."

Six in ten say Medicaid should cover period supplies.

Net findings combine adjacent response options from the same scale.

- Strongly agree: 34.2%
- Agree: 27.1%
- Neither agree nor disagree: 22.7%
- Disagree: 9.8%
- Strongly disagree: 6.1%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: US adults age 18+
- Field dates: 2025-11-14 → 2025-11-20
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.2%
- Module: Module 1
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/verasight-apha-2025#support-for-medicaid-coverage-of-period-supplies](https://reports.verasight.io/r/verasight-apha-2025#support-for-medicaid-coverage-of-period-supplies)

## Citation

Verasight APHA Omnibus Survey #2025-148, fielded November 14-20, 2025, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.2%.

Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/verasight-apha-2025#support-for-medicaid-coverage-of-period-supplies](https://reports.verasight.io/r/verasight-apha-2025#support-for-medicaid-coverage-of-period-supplies)