Medicare and Medicaid

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President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Medicare Bill at a table beside former President Harry S. Truman, with Lady Bird Johnson and others standing behind them.

U.S. President Barack Obama signing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act at the White House on March 23, 2010.

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President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Medicare Bill at a table beside former President Harry S. Truman, with Lady Bird Johnson and others standing behind them.

Lyndon B. Johnson: Medicare

Former U.S. president Harry S. Truman (right) looking on as U.S. Pres. Lyndon B....

Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum/NARA

U.S. President Barack Obama signing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act at the White House on March 23, 2010.

Barack Obama signing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law on March 23, 2010,...

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