President Lyndon Johnson
July 30, 1965 Medicare and its companion program Medicaid, (which insures indigent recipients), are signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson as part his "GreatSociety."
Ex-president Truman is the first to enroll in Medicare.
1945: Harry Truman sends a message to Congress asking for
legislation establishing a national health insurance plan.
Two decades of debate ensue, with opponents warning of the
dangers of "socialized medicine."
By the end of Truman's administration, he had backed off from a plan for universal coverage, but administrators in
the Social Security system and others had begun to focus on the idea of a program aimed at insuring Social Security beneficiaries.
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answered by Kwan Kong 5
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30 July 1965 by President Johnson (LBJ)
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicare_%28United_States%29
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answered by chefantwon 4
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