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Lyndon Johnson: “It was a generation ago that Harry Truman said, and I quote him: 'Millions of our citizens do not now have a full…”

On the recordJuly 29, 1965
It was a generation ago that Harry Truman said, and I quote him: 'Millions of our citizens do not now have a full measure of opportunity to achieve and to enjoy good health.'
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks With President Truman at the Signing in Independence of the Medicare Bill

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