Medicare and Medicaid began in 1965 under President Lyndon Johnson.
No. Medicare was established under the Johnson administration.
Lyndon Johnson
No. Medicare was established under the Johnson administration.
... 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
Medicare beneficiaries
It was signed into law on July 30, 1965 by Lyndon B. Johnson.
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
Lyndon Johnson