The President's News Conference
02/10/1966
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So let us begin today.
The time for action has come.
Together we will guarantee older Americans the care that they need and the care that they deserve.
Ninety percent of all the people 65 or over in this country--17,200,000 persons--are now signed up to pay $3 a month for the voluntary part ...