60 Years of Medicaid & Medicare: Health Care Challenges & Opportunities
FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 2025
Americans are living longer for many reasons and experts credit Medicare and Medicaid for some of this success. This week, these federal programs are celebrating their own birthdays. Sixty years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare and Medicaid into law.
However, recent moves are expected to result in decreased enrollment and payments to health care providers. “Conversations on Health Care” hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Mark Updegrove about this situation. Updegrove is the president and CEO of the LBJ Foundation, presidential historian for ABC News and a recent guest on “The View.”
Join us for this important conversation, which examines the history and continuing impact of how we pay for health care for some of our most vulnerable neighbors.
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60 Years of Medicaid & Medicare: Health Care Challenges & Opportunities
<p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Americans are living longer for many reasons and experts credit Medicare and Medicaid for some of this success. This week, these federal programs are celebrating their own birthdays. Sixty years ago,</span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.lbjlibrary.org/news-and-press/media-kits/medicare-and-medicaid__;!!CfiprD0C6IEL0SLVhA0!sTBoCX111viNajwOaFxf2JDNoB8gV-IXxsDtplnfAl9rRpasEZJzs7EC3KPwykI-23X0L8IaJc857cBJ-j1w1g$" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </a><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.lbjlibrary.org/news-and-press/media-kits/medicare-and-medicaid__;!!CfiprD0C6IEL0SLVhA0!sTBoCX111viNajwOaFxf2JDNoB8gV-IXxsDtplnfAl9rRpasEZJzs7EC3KPwykI-23X0L8IaJc857cBJ-j1w1g$" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare and Medicaid into law</a></u><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">However, recent moves are expected to result in decreased enrollment and payments to health care providers. “Conversations on Health Care” hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Mark Updegrove about this situation. Updegrove is the president and CEO of the LBJ Foundation, presidential historian for ABC News and a recent guest on “The View.” </span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Join us for this important conversation, which examines the history and continuing impact of how we pay for health care for some of our most vulnerable neighbors. </span></p>
