1965 United States legislation establishing Medicare and Medicaid
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Social Security Amendments of 1965
Other short titles
Health Insurance for the Aged Act
Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Amendments of 1965
Long title
An Act to provide a hospital insurance program for the aged under the Social Security Act with a supplementary health benefits program and an expanded program of medical assistance, to increase benefits under the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance System, to improve the Federal-State public assistance programs, and for other purposes.
Enacted by
the 89th United States Congress
Effective
July 30, 1965
Citations
Public law
89-97
Statutes at Large
79 Stat. 286
Codification
Acts amended
Social Security Act
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 6675 by Wilbur Mills (D–AR) on March 29, 1965
Committee consideration by House Ways and Means
Passed the House on April 8, 1965 (313-115)
Passed the Senate on July 9, 1965 (68-21)
Reported by the joint conference committee on July 27, 1965; agreed to by the House on July 27, 1965 (307-116) and by the Senate on July 28, 1965 (70-24)
Signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on July 30, 1965
The Social Security Amendments of 1965, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 89–97, 79 Stat. 286, enacted July 30, 1965, was legislation in the United States whose most important provisions resulted in creation of two programs: Medicare and Medicaid. The legislation initially provided federal health insurance for the elderly (over 65) and for financially challenged families.
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