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Week of Apr. 16, 1965
In the spirit of Franklin Roosevelt's compassionate state, the House approves President Johnson's $6 billion-a-year Medicare bill. The lives of millions of impoverished elderly Americans will soon be transformed by the assurance of medical care when they need it.