60 years after Medicaid was signed into law, Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill” is chiseling it back

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On a July day in 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed legislation into law that launched Medicaid, creating a health care safety net for millions of low-income Americans in one of the crowning achievements of his legacy.

This story appeared on pbs.org, 2025-07-30 17:16:02.
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