Key Republican Signals Flexibility On Ryan Plan For Medicare (Video)

KHN’s Mary Agnes Carey talks with Jackie Judd about Rep. Dave Camp’s comments Thursday that signaled flexibility on Rep. Paul Ryan’s plan to change Medicare. Camp said he’s open to pursuing other approaches to reduce federal Medicare spending to lower the debt, and he called on Democrats to present specifics on how they would cut federal spending.

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<h1>Key Republican Signals Flexibility On Ryan Plan For Medicare (Video)</h1>
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			May 5, 2011		</time>
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KHN’s Mary Agnes Carey talks with Jackie Judd about Rep. Dave Camp’s comments Thursday that signaled flexibility on Rep. Paul Ryan’s plan to change Medicare. Camp said he’s open to pursuing other approaches to reduce federal Medicare spending to lower the debt, and he called on Democrats to present specifics on how they would cut federal spending. <a href="https://www.kff.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2011/05/050511_khn_hoth_audio.mp3"> Listen to the audio </a>  (.mp3) or <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/legacy/16301532-BD27-4C33-BD11-764FA43DDFF4">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/050511-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/050511-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/050511-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%20Key%20Republican%20Signals%20Flexibility%20On%20Ryan%20Plan%20For%20Medicare%20%28Video%29&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2Fnews%2F050511-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/050511-health-on-the-hill/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/050511-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/050511-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=10465&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;">

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