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Just an observation.

Lyndon Johnson signed the Medicare and Medicaid Act of 1965 in summer of 1965.

On July 30, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Medicare and Medicaid Act, also known as the Social Security Amendments of 1965, into law. It established Medicare, a health insurance program for the elderly, and Medicaid, a health insurance program for people with limited income.

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Debate over the program actually began two decades earlier when President Harry S. Truman sent a message to Congress asking for legislation establishing a national health insurance plan. At that time, vocal opponents warned of the dangers of “socialized medicine.” By the end of Truman’s administration, he had backed off from a plan of universal coverage, but administrators in the Social Security system and others began to focus on the idea of a program aimed at insuring Social Security beneficiaries whose numbers and needs were growing.

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After Congress passed the legislation in the summer of 1965, President Lyndon Johnson decided to sign the bill with former President Truman at the Truman Presidential Library in Independence, MO, in order to recognize Truman’s early effort to establish a national health insurance program. On July 30, 1965, Air Force One departed for Missouri with the President; Mrs. Johnson; George Meany, president of the AFL-CIO; Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare Anthony Celebrezze; Governor John Connally of Texas; 13 U.S. Senators; and 19 U.S. Representatives. President Johnson and his party were met by President and Mrs. Truman at the Truman Library in Independence. They visited for some time before moving on to the platform in the auditorium of the library for the bill signing. After some brief remarks, President Johnson signed into law the Medicare Social Security Amendments. Johnson gave the first souvenir pen to Mrs. Truman and the next to President Truman and then the remainder of the pens to guests on the platform.

https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/medicare-and-medicaid-act

Lyndon Johnson became President after John F. Kennedy was shot on a grassy knoll in Dallas, TX on November 22, 1963.

Just over 17 months later Congress passed the Act that enslaved the U.S. aged people to Social Security Medicare and Medicaid dependency.

Now I am sitting here wondering if I really wish to sign up for this. I refused the Covid manipulation. Will I also refuse to participate in Medicare? Do I have a choice? Oh dear. I must choose wisely.

I know the trustworthy Healer is the Almighty Creator God. Time to pray. Deeply.

Oh, and there's a deadline to sign up for Medicare. Gotta put on my everlasting attitude. There's no deadline when I put on my attitude of everlasting life.

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I Chose God's Assurance Over Man's Insurance. My Morning Bible Read Was Psalm 61. Theme: Prayer for security and assurance. Wherever we are, we can trust that God will be there to answer our cries for help.