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On the afternoon of July 30, 1965, President and Mrs. Johnson traveled to Independence, Missouri, for the signing of the Medicare Bill. At the Truman Library with former President Harry Truman at his side, President Johnson paid tribute to Truman saying "...it all started really with the man from Independence." The Medicare Bill established a medical care program for the aged under the Social Security System. In 1945 President Truman had proposed a comprehensive, prepaid medical insurance plan, but the plan was not enacted by Congress.
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On the afternoon of July 30, 1965, President and Mrs. Johnson traveled to Independence, Missouri, for the signing of the Medicare Bill. At the Truman Library with former President Harry Truman at his side, President Johnson paid tribute to Truman saying "...it all started really with the man from Independence." The Medicare Bill established a medical care program for the aged under the Social Security System. In 1945 President Truman had proposed a comprehensive, prepaid medical insurance plan, but the plan was not enacted by Congress.
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President's Daily Diary
President's Daily Diary
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Vietnam
Cameroon
Chad
Burkina Faso
India
Madagascar
Cote d'Ivoire
AFL-CIO
Time, Inc.
Humphrey, Hubert Horatio, Jr., 1911-1978
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982
King, Cecil
Mansfield, Mike, 1903-2001
Anderson, Clinton Presba, 1895-1975
Albert, Carl Bert, 1908-2000
Gore, Albert, 1948-
Mills, Wilbur D. (Wilbur Daigh), 1909-1992
Symington, Stuart, 1901-1988
Steele, John
Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
Long, Russell Billiu, 1918-2003
Connally, John Bowden, 1917-1993
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