Medicare and Medicaid began in 1965 under President Lyndon Johnson.
Lyndon Baines Johnson.
President Johnson in 1965
No. Medicare was established under the Johnson administration.
No. Medicare was established under the Johnson administration.
Lyndon Johnson
... in 1965, under President Lyndon Johnson
The Democratic Party under President Franklin D Roosevelt (for Social Security, 1935), and the same party under Lyndon Johnson for Medicare (1965).
1965
It was signed into law on July 30, 1965 by Lyndon B. Johnson.
Medicare beneficiaries
Lyndon Johnson signed the first Medicare bill.
Medicare was one of President Johnson's initiatives as part of the Great Society program. It was signed in 1965. The first Medicare card was granted to former President Harry S. Truman.
President James Monroa
Medicare