Social Security Act Amendments (1965) and Resource Materials

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Classroom Material
Keywords
social security Medicare health insurance socialized medicine primary source American History LBJ National Archives Medicaid
Subjects
History-Social Science History
Grade Levels
Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 Post-Secondary
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Social Security Act Amendments (1965) and Resource Materials

This resource group contains two facsimiles and a transcript of, and a background essay on the Social Security Act Amendments of 1965. This legislation, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on July 30, 1965, established Medicare, a health insurance program for the elderly, and Medicaid, a health insurance program for the poor.
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PBS Learning Media

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