Medicare was adopted in 1965. Johnson's Great Society took place throughout his administration, starting in 1964.
Medicare, medicaid, war on poverty
Great Society
The Great Society was a set of social reforms initiated primarily by President Lyndon Johnson aimed at the elimination of poverty and racial injustice and thus the creation of a Great Society.
Medicaid and Medicare
Medicare, medicaid, war on poverty
to end poverty and racial injustice in america
Medicare; Medicaid; food stamps; civil rights legislation; equal employment opportunity; passed the Civil rights Act 0f1964All under the 'Great Society'
Gave federal government to much power
to end poverty and racial injustice in America
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.
The establishment of Medicare The Higher Education Act The War on Poverty
As Medicare & medicaid has goal of affordable care for elders and for those who are permanently disable it facilitate such people with reasonable health care, hence it fits in with great society goals of providing affordable health care system.