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Medicaid

Plain-language guides to Medicaid: who it's for, what it pays and how to apply, with a link to the official agency in every guide.
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President Lyndon Johnson signs the 1965 Medicare and Medicaid bill beside Harry Truman
Medicare and Medicaid are signed into law, July 30, 1965

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Where these programs began

Public-domain photographs from the history of these programs.
President Lyndon Johnson signs the 1965 Medicare and Medicaid bill beside Harry Truman
Medicare and Medicaid are signed into law, July 30, 1965
First page of Public Law 89-97, the 1965 act creating Medicare and Medicaid
Public Law 89-97, page one
Lyndon Johnson hands Harry Truman a signing pen
Johnson hands Truman the first signing pen, 1965
A 1940s poster reading Hold On to Your Social Security Card
Social Security Board poster, 1940s