[DOC] [TLE] A brief history of Medicare in America [PAR] Former President Truman was issued the very first Medicare card during the ... In 
1966, Medicare's coverage took effect, as Americans age 65 and older were... [DOC] [TLE] Johnson signs Medicare into law - Jul 30, 1965 - HISTORY.com [PAR] On this day in 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signs Medicare, a health 
insurance program for ... in Independence, Missouri, former President Harry S. 
Truman was enrolled as Medicare's first beneficiary and received the first 
Medicare card. ... Some 19 million people enrolled in Medicare when it went into 
effect in 1966. [DOC] [TLE] July 30, 1965: President Lyndon B. Johnson Signs Medicare Bill [PAR] Truman was the first president to publicly endorse a national health insurance ... 
in the middle-income bracket can live as long as the very rich and the very poor. 
... Truman and his wife Bess with Medicare cards number one and two in 1966. [DOC] [TLE] Naperville woman country's first Medicare recipient 50 years ago ... [PAR] Jul 2, 2016 ... Naperville woman country's first Medicare recipient 50 years ago ... Avery signs 
Medicare forms at Edward Hospital on July 1, 1966, ... Truman's hometown  with 
the former president receiving the very first Medicare card. [DOC] [TLE] President Lyndon Johnson signed the Social Security Amendments ... [PAR] Aug 27, 2012 ... The 1965 Medicare Amendment to the Social Security Act ... are debating the fate 
of federally funded health insurance in very different terms. ... In January 1966, 
President Johnson returned to the Truman Library to make a ... presented the first 
Medicare cards to former President Harry and Bess Truman. [DOC] [TLE] Medicare (United States) - Wikipedia [PAR] ... which are additional supplemental policies a separate card is issued for. In the 
United States, Medicare is a national social insurance program, administered by 
the US federal government since 1966, ... President Eisenhower held the first 
White House Conference on Aging in January 1961, in which the creation of a... [DOC] [TLE] Signed Into Law - Social Security [PAR] President Johnson signing the Medicare program into law, July 30, 1965. ... 
former President Harry Truman; Vice-President Hubert Humphrey; and Mrs. 
Truman. ... as the first Medicare beneficiary and presented him with the first 
Medicare card. [DOC] [TLE] President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Medicare Bill on this date in ... [PAR] Jul 30, 2013 ... On that day in 1965, President Johnson presented former President Truman, ... I, 
for one, am very thankful for the creation of the Medicare Bill, as well as ... 
President Harry Truman was the first recipient of a Medicare card, and... [DOC] [TLE] Happy Birthday to Medicare - Medivest [PAR] Aug 1, 2012 ... He then opened his speech by giving tribute to former President Truman ... 
Johnson presented Harry Truman with the very first Medicare card and Bess 
Truman, his wife, with the second, making them Medicare recipients number 1 
and 2. ... million when the program began in 1966 to about 48 million today. [DOC] [TLE] Medicare: 35 Years of Service - NCBI - National Institutes of Health [PAR] President Eisenhower was opposed to social insurance for health care; ... 1965 
and presented the first two Medicare cards to former President Truman and Mrs. 
Truman. ... With the passage of the Civil Rights Act (recipients of Federal funds 
are .... More than 19 million elderly entered Medicare in 1966; today, Medicare... [DOC] [TLE] Medicare: A look back to 1965 - Blue Cross Blue Shield of North ... [PAR] In The Evolution of Medicare: From Idea to Law, Peter A. Corning points to the 
early ... When President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed with groups such as the .... 
scal year 1966. .... Medicare recipients spent an average of $3,757, or .... 
second Medicare cards in addition to souvenir pens from House of 
Representatives.4. [DOC] [TLE] 50 years of Medicare - The Lancet [PAR] Aug 1, 2015 ... Richard Troeh joined a very busy solo family medicine practice in 1966 but ... The 
year before, President ... Former. President Harry Trumanan advocate of 
national health insurance since ... the event

Question: In 1966 this former president was the very first recipient of a Medicare card
Answer: Truman