| Millions Of Americans Receive "Ticket To Medicare" | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1744 |
| Catalog #: | 493573 | |
| Clip Number: | 493573-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 039-008-01 | |
| Timecode: | 00:47:17 - 00:48:39 | |
| Location: | United States | |
| Year Shot: | 1966 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | HEALTH AND MEDICINE: Insurance LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Maryland LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Missouri PERSONALITIES: Johnson, Lyndon Baines (LBJ) PERSONALITIES: Truman, Bess PERSONALITIES: Truman, Harry SOCIAL SERVICES: Social Security | |
| Description: | President Johnson presents former President Harry S. Truman with his Medicare credentials - honoring the man who fought for such coverage 20 years ago. Meanwhile, in Baltimore, the mailing begins for the millions who will be covered by the new Law beginning in July. Independence, Missouri President and Bess Truman shaking hands with President Lyndon Baines Johnson. Baltimore, Maryland CUS - Medicare checks being printed. CUS - Looks like a smaller version of a Steenbeck for printing out Medicare checks. MS - Printer CUS - Envelopes being printed. CUS - Post office shot, sign, "Medicare " Mail Keep 'Em Rollin', a lady postal worker in the clip. Independence, Missouri MS - President Johnson at the podium with an older President Truman by his side, Bess Truman in the back ground. President Lyndon Baines Johnson, " They told me, President Truman, that if you wished to get the voluntary medical insurance that you will have to sign this application form, and they asked me to sign as your witness. So you are getting special treatment since cards won't go out to the other folks until the end of this month. But we wanted you to know, and we wanted the entire world to know that we haven't forgotten who is the real daddy of Medicare." | |
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