Medicare at 50

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Then & Now: Medicare and Medicaid Turn 50

Associated Press

When President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare and Medicaid into law on July 30, 1965, Americans 65 and older were the age group least likely to have…
Consumer

5 Challenges Facing Medicaid At 50

A “sleeper” provision when Congress created Medicare in 1965 to cover health care for seniors, Medicaid now provides coverage to nearly 1 in 4 Americans,…