Celebrating 35 Years of Medicare and Medicaid
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Medical care will free millions from their miseries. It will signal a deep and lasting change in the American way of life. It will take its place beside Social Security and together they will form the twin pillars of protection upon which all our people can safely build their lives and their hopes. President Lyndon Baines Johnson in June 1966 speaking to the National Council of Senior Citizens shortly before implemen tation of the Medicare program.
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دوره 22 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2000