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Published 9 years ago by Cobbydaler with 1 Comments
by Cobbydaler
9 years ago 1

Happy Birthday Medicare

Medicare turns fifty next week. It was signed into law July 30, 1965 – the crowning achievement of Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society. It’s more popular than ever. Yet Medicare continues to be blamed for America’s present and future budget problems. That’s baloney.

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  • Gozzin
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    They just want to gut it and use the money for their pet projects instead of using it to help people.

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