History of the United States II / Unit 14 USH2 1968 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Medicare and Medicaid
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The idea
On July thirtieth, nineteen sixty-five, Johnson signed Medicare, health insurance for Americans sixty-five and older, and Medicaid, for people with limited incomes, the National Archives records.
In practice
Johnson signing the bill at the Truman Library in Independence, Missouri, beside Harry Truman.
Where people slip
Unit eleven's Social Security Act lacked health insurance, and unit thirteen's Truman lost the fight for it; this completes that arc.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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