The Medicare Bill of 1965
On July 30, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Social Security Act Amendments, popularly known as the Medicare bill. It established Medicare, a health insurance program for the elderly, and Medicaid, a health insurance program for the poor.
Former President Truman participated in the signing ceremony with President Johnson. Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman received Medicare registration cards numbers one and two. At the time, Mr. Truman was 81 years old, and he described it as a “profound personal experience for me.”
More on the Medicare bill: http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=99
This is the Medicare card believed to have been given to Harry Truman by President Lyndon Johnson on the occasion of the signing of the Social Security Amendments of 1965 in Independence, Missouri. (Photo courtesy of Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library, U.S. National Archives)
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