Newt Gingrich On GOP Medicare Plan (Video Clip) - ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø News /news/newt-gingrich-on-ryan-medicare-plan-on-meet-the-press/ ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø News produces in-depth journalism on health issues and is a core operating program of KFF. Thu, 16 Apr 2026 05:52:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 /wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=32 Newt Gingrich On GOP Medicare Plan (Video Clip) - ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø News /news/newt-gingrich-on-ryan-medicare-plan-on-meet-the-press/ 32 32 161476233 Newt Gingrich On GOP Medicare Plan (Video Clip) /news/newt-gingrich-on-ryan-medicare-plan-on-meet-the-press/ /news/newt-gingrich-on-ryan-medicare-plan-on-meet-the-press/#respond Fri, 20 May 2011 08:53:00 +0000 http://khn.wp.alley.ws/news/newt-gingrich-on-ryan-medicare-plan-on-meet-the-press/ On May 15, during an appearance on NBC’s “Meet The Press,” Newt Gingrich blasted GOP plans to change Medicare and said imposing “radical change” from either side of the political spectrum isn’t a “very good way for a free society to operate.”

Here is a clip of Gingrich on the program:

Gingrich apologized and said that he has supported what Ryan is trying to do with the budget (1:55 into video).

Ryan responded to Gingrich’s comments on May 22 on Meet the Press. See his comments below.

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