Jill on Money: Medicare at 50 years: Popular, but needs bolstering
By Jill Schlesinger
Tribune Content Agency
This year is the golden anniversary of Medicare, the U.S. government’s sprawling health care initiative, which President Lyndon Johnson signed into law in 1965. Today, Medicare covers more than 55 million people, including 9 million beneficiaries who are under age 65 and permanently disabled.

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