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On the recordMarch 5, 1966
Medicare promises a dramatic step toward a better life for all older Americans through a dual program of hospital insurance and voluntary medical insurance.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Proclamation 3707—National Medicare Enrollment Month, March 1966

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