SEIKO Superior. The most Advanced and Customizeable Patented 100% Internal Free-Form Technology. The most customized lens for all lifestyles - 3 design options, 11 corridors, 51 insets. Variable inset based on reading distance, corridor length, pantoscopic tilt, PD and RX.
But it wasnât until 1965 â after legislation was signed by President Lyndon B Johnson â that Americans started receiving Medicare health coverage. Today, Medicare continues to provide health care for those in need. By the end of 2014, there were 49,435,610 people receiving health coverage through a Medicare program. Benefits paid in 2013 amounted to $583, which was about 14 percent of the federal budget.
President Johnson signing the Medicare program into law, July 30, 1965. Shown with the President (on the right in the photo) are (left to right) Mrs. Johnson; former President Harry Truman; Vice-President Hubert Humphrey; and Mrs. Truman. Photo courtesy of LBJ Presidential Library.t the bill-signing ceremony President Johnson enrolled President Truman as the first Medicare beneficiary and presented him with the first Medicare card. This is President Truman's application for the optional Part B medical care coverage, which President Johnson signed as a witness. SSA History Archives.