A throat tickle can be caused by a wide variety of things. Sometimes a tickling, scratchy throat can indicate the onset of a cold. Allergies to foods or food additives, and environmental allergies to smoke, dust mites, mold, or pollen, can result in an itchy, tickling throat. Post-nasal drip or a dry throat can irritate the throat and cause a tickle.
Confidence votes 42. 1966The Medicare program took effect in 1966. Although the Medicare program took effect in 1966, it was fought tooth and nail for over a year and then Alaska and Arizona did not accept Medicare in their states until a decade later. Was this answer useful?
A major advance occurred when the Social Security Administration was charged with providing health care to beneficiaries aged 65 or older, under the new Medicare Act signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on July 30, 1965. The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) now maintains Medicare.