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Medicare and Medicaid

United States of America · Economy / Healthcare Economy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1965

Lyndon Baines Johnson30 July 1965

Independence · Economy / Healthcare Economy

Johnson signs legislation creating federal health-insurance programmes for elderly and low-income Americans.

Names involved

Lyndon Baines Johnson

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