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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.

2006-12-19 08:23:18 · answer #1 · answered by Kwan Kong 5 · 0 0

30 July 1965 by President Johnson (LBJ)

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicare_%28United_States%29

2006-12-19 08:24:47 · answer #2 · answered by chefantwon 4 · 0 0

LBJ.

And Republicans opposed it.

2006-12-19 10:02:32 · answer #3 · answered by bettysdad 5 · 0 0

LBJ

2006-12-19 08:25:32 · answer #4 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 0 0

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