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“We Can Pass Medicare”

 

Photo credit: Frank Wolfe

Conversation Details

Shortly after the 1964 election, President Johnson and House Majority Leader Carl B. Albert [D–Oklahoma] discussed the implications of the Democrats' landslide victory for vacancies on the crucial Ways and Means Committee and for the prospects of reporting and eventually passing the Medicare bill. 

 

Date:
November 9, 1964
Topic:
Medicare, Health Policy
Location
LBJ Ranch
Conversation
WH6411-14-6306-6307

Conversation Participants