National Historical Park Klondike Gold Rush - Seattle Unit Seattle, WA The Seattle unit of the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park preserves the story of the stampede to the Yukon gold fields and Seattle's crucial role in this event. The headlines of a Seattle newspaper on July 17, 1897, Gold! Gold! Gold!
In 1972, Republicans Voted For A National Healthcare Plan For Kidney Patients. What Changed? Did you know in 1972, a government-run national health care program was established through Medicare to take care of Americans who had end-stage renal disease, even paying for transplants? And did you know Republicans supported it? I was astounded, reading Jennifer Nix's I Love My Socialist Kidney in Salon.
A brief history of the program from Truman and LBJ to today. by Melissa Stanton, Updated July 2013 | Comments: 0. July 30, 1965: With former President Harry S. Truman at his side, President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Medicare bill into law.â AP. En espanol | EspaÃ±ol On july, 30, 1965 at a public ceremony In, Independence., Mo President Lyndon Baines johnson Signed medicare into. lawresident Johnson signs the Medicare bill into law on July 30 as part of the Social Security Amendments of 1965. 1966: When Medicare services actually begin on July 1, more than 19 million Americans age 65 and older enroll in the program.