Aug. 17, 2026 Editor, The News-Gazette: “The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.” - President Franklin D. Roosevelt With these words FDR signed the Social Security Act, Aug 14, 1935. Medicare and Medicaid came 30 years later when President Lyndon Johnson signed them into law under the Social Security Amendment Act.
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