Carlsbad Retirees Protest Health Insurance Premium Hike ...
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Medicare is a social insurance program administered by the United States government, providing health insurance coverage to people who are aged 65 and over, or who meet other special criteria. In general, all persons 65 years of age or older who have been legal residents of the United States for at least 5 years are eligible for Medicare. At the bill-signing ceremony President Johnson enrolled former President Harry S. Truman as the first Medicare beneficiary and presented him with the first Medicare card, and his wife Bess, the second. The Social Security Act of 1965 was signed into law on July 30, 1965, by President Lyndon B. Johnson as amendments to Social Security legislation. However, if neither they nor their spouse have paid Medicare taxes for a minimum of 10 years (40 quarters), or they meet one of the...
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