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Medicare, which is an insurance program, was enacted through a bipartisan vote of Congress, with the support of the administration of President Lyndon Johnson.
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The AMA opposed Medicare, but their attitude changed after it was enacted.
The health care program for the elderly enacted in 1965 was Medicare. It provides health insurance for Americans aged 65 and older, as well as certain younger individuals with disabilities. Medicare is funded through a combination of payroll taxes, premiums, and general government revenue.
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Medicare was enacted to ensure that senior citizens would get medical care. Prior to Medicare, seniors were having to choose between eating, paying the bills and going to the doctor or getting medication.
Medicare Part D is a federal program to subsidize the costs of prescription drugs for Medicare beneficiaries in the United States. It was enacted as part of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) and went into effect on January 1, 2006.