(By – Erin Taylor, www.usnews.com) Soon after signing Medicare into law on July 30, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson turned to a couple watching

(By – Kelley Holland, www.cnbc.com) Medicare turns 50 on Thursday, and that’s not all the program’s overseers have to celebrate. Before Medicare

(By – Gail Wilensky, Project HOPE) As we celebrate Medicare and Medicaid’s 50th birthday, it is natural to look back at the

(By – Mark Miller, time.com) Medicare turns 50 on Thursday, riding high in the polls but under attack from presidential candidates proposing

(Source – money.usnews.com) It has been 50 years since President Lyndon Johnson signed a health insurance program for older Americans into law

(By – Tanya Basu, Time) American hospitals have reduced deaths, hospitalizations, and costs among people over the age of 65 in

(By – CAITLIN OWENS, www.nationaljournal.com) Medicare’s 50th anniversary is giving rise not only to celebration, but also to well-founded concern about the

(By – LOUISE SHEINER) The sustainability of the U.S. fiscal outlook depends on the path of health costs, particularly Medicare, the

(By – Janell Sluga, post-journal.com) Question: I recently got a letter from a provider that said Medicare will not pay the bill