Health On The Hill - GOP Medicare Plan Spurs Anger, Splits Public During Recess

KHN’s Mary Agnes Carey talks with Jackie Judd about varied reaction by Americans and lawmakers to the GOP plan to reduce the deficit by making changes to Medicare as well as new efforts to get the deficit under control. A new Kaiser Family Foundation poll shows most seniors oppose some GOP-proposed changes at a greater rate than the general public, which views it more favorably.

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<h1>Health On The Hill – GOP Medicare Plan Spurs Anger, Splits Public During Recess</h1>
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			April 27, 2011		</time>
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KHN’s Mary Agnes Carey talks with Jackie Judd about varied reaction by Americans and lawmakers to the GOP plan to reduce the deficit by making changes to Medicare as well as new efforts to get the deficit under control. A new Kaiser Family Foundation poll shows most seniors oppose some GOP-proposed changes at a greater rate than the general public, which views it more favorably. <a href="https://www.kff.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2011/04/042711_khn_hoth_audio.mp3"> Listen to the audio </a>  (.mp3) or <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/legacy/FA7E4DEC-B4D6-4D4A-A411-E1125E50BE97">read the transcript</a>. See Related: — <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/legacy/069C18D7-98A8-4C55-9C2D-3DF2B98C96C6">Resources on proposals to control Medicare cost growth</a>.<ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/042711-health-on-the-hill/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/042711-health-on-the-hill/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/042711-health-on-the-hill/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Health%20On%20The%20Hill%20-%20GOP%20Medicare%20Plan%20Spurs%20Anger%2C%20Splits%20Public%20During%20Recess&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2Fnews%2F042711-health-on-the-hill%2F&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/042711-health-on-the-hill/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/042711-health-on-the-hill/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/042711-health-on-the-hill/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=10421&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;">

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