Did you know that the Social Security Amendments of 1965, the legislation that created Medicaid and Medicare, was signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson on July 30, 1965 in Independence, Missouri? Independence was President Harry Truman’s home town.
![President Johnson signing the Social Security Amendments of 1965](/sites/default/files/inline-images/lbj-signing.jpg)
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