Assignment:
Consider that President Johnson signed the Medicare bill thinking that this legislation would provide security for all Americans in their senior years.
Do you think Medicare and other social programs are hitting their mark as was intended in the 1960s?
Referencing search material, discuss how the status of seniors has changed since this bill was enacted.
With the rising costs of health care in the United States, government health care has been a "hot topic" both in the political spectrum as well as in the private spectrum. After doing Internet research on various health care options, please be prepared to discuss the positive and negative aspects of taking health care out of the hands of private industry and into the hands of the government.