Which U.S. act established Medicare and Medicaid, and in what year?

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Which U.S. act established Medicare and Medicaid, and in what year?

Medicare and Medicaid were created by the Social Security Amendments of 1965, enacted in 1965. This legislation added two federal health programs: Medicare, providing health insurance for people 65 and older (and certain younger people with disabilities), and Medicaid, offering medical assistance to low‑income individuals. The other acts did not establish these programs: the 2010 health reform expanded coverage but did not create Medicare or Medicaid; the 2003 Medicare Modernization Act added things like prescription drug benefits but did not establish the programs; the 2009 CHIP Reauthorization Act reauthorized the Children’s Health Insurance Program, not Medicare or Medicaid.

Medicare and Medicaid were created by the Social Security Amendments of 1965, enacted in 1965. This legislation added two federal health programs: Medicare, providing health insurance for people 65 and older (and certain younger people with disabilities), and Medicaid, offering medical assistance to low‑income individuals. The other acts did not establish these programs: the 2010 health reform expanded coverage but did not create Medicare or Medicaid; the 2003 Medicare Modernization Act added things like prescription drug benefits but did not establish the programs; the 2009 CHIP Reauthorization Act reauthorized the Children’s Health Insurance Program, not Medicare or Medicaid.

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