Social Security Amendments of 1965

Social Security Amendments of 1965
Other short titles	Health Insurance for the Aged Act; Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Amendments of 1965;
Long title	An Act to provide a hospital insurance program for the aged under the Social Security Act with a supplementary health benefits program and an expanded program of medical assistance, to increase benefits under the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance System, to improve the Federal-State public assistance programs, and for other purposes.
Enacted by	the 89th United States Congress
Effective	July 30, 1965
Citations
Public law	89-97
Statutes at Large	79 Stat. 286
Codification
Acts amended	Social Security Act
Titles amended	42 U.S.C.: Public Health and Social Welfare
U.S.C. sections amended	42 U.S.C. ch. 7
Legislative history
	Introduced in the House as H.R. 6675 by Wilbur Mills (D–AR) on March 29, 1965; Committee consideration by House Ways and Means Committee; Passed the House on April 8, 1965 (313-115); Passed the Senate on July 9, 1965 (68-21); Reported by the joint conference committee on July 27, 1965; agreed to by the House on July 27, 1965 (307-116) and by the Senate on July 28, 1965 (70-24); Signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on July 30, 1965;

The Social Security Amendments of 1965, Pub. L. 89–97, 79 Stat. 286, enacted July 30, 1965, was legislation in the United States whose most important provisions resulted in creation of two programs: Medicare and Medicaid. The legislation initially provided federal health insurance for the elderly (over 65) and for financially challenged families.