President Lyndon Johnson chooses between two pens to sign legislation that created the Medicare and Medicaid health care programs in this July 30, 1965, photo taken during a ceremony at the Harry S.

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INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (KCTV) - Sixty years ago Wednesday, President Lyndon B. Johnson traveled to Independence, Missouri, to sign a groundbreaking piece of legislation into law: the creation of Medicare ...

President Lyndon Johnson flips through the pages of the Medicare bill so former President Harry Truman can see it. Truman originally proposed the legislation. Since Congress passed the big tax and ...

It was 60 years ago, on July 30, 1965, when President Lyndon Johnson signed the Medicaid and Medicare programs into law with Vice President Hubert Humphrey looking on. Fast forward to 2025, and it’s ...