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1. Medicare and Medicaid became law on July 30, 1965.

Sun Feb 15, 2026, 03:53 PM

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President Johnson signed the Social Security Amendments of 1965, the legislation that established both Medicare and Medicaid.

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RFK Jr: We spent $0 on chronic disease when JFK was president. [View all] Eric J in MN Sunday OP

Medicare and Medicaid became law on July 30, 1965. sop Sunday #1

The $4.3T number includes private spending. Eric J in MN Sunday #3

Cause people didn't have chronic diseases ...they died quickly JT45242 Sunday #4

JFK had Addison's disease from age 30 onward. NT Eric J in MN Sunday #7

10 year cancer survival rates hovered around 25 percent for decades JT45242 Monday #11

Sick in the head......... Lovie777 Sunday #2

We didn't spend $0 because there was no chronic disease. Raven123 Sunday #6

As a kid I remember collecting $$ for the March of Dines! Grins Sunday #8