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The Social Security Amendments of 1965 (the “Amendments”) are the milestone laws that established the U.S. Medicare and Medicaid programs (Pub. L. No. 89–97). Collectively, these federal statutes have four major provisions: (1) a hospital insurance program for qualifying adults aged 65 and older (Medicare Part A, Title XVIII); (2) a medical insurance program to offset out-of-pocket healthcare costs for qualifying adults aged 65 and older (Medicare Part B, Title XVIII); (3) increased government benefits through the Social Security program (formerly called the “Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance” system in Medicare Part B, Title XVIII); and (4) improved the federal-state public assistance programs for qualifying adults with low incomes (Medicaid, Title XIX).
Congress’ expansion of the Social Security Act with the Amendments of 1965 marked a pivotal moment in U.S. healthcare policy. Federal Medicare and state Medicaid systems have evolved over time based on the legal...
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Kelly, A.M., Marsack-Topolewski, C.N. (2021). Social Security Amendments of 1965 (or “Medicare Act of 1965” and/or the “Medicaid Act of 1965”). In: Volkmar, F.R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91280-6_102524
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