The Great Society | The LBJ Telephone Tapes

The Great Society

Wilbur Mills and LBJ talking at a table

June 11, 1964

A “Three-Prong Approach” to Medicare

Lyndon B. Johnson | Wilbur D. Mills

Medicare, Health Policy

President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Senator Lister Hill and Mary Lasker

August 4, 1964

“Modernizing Urban Hospitals”

Lyndon B. Johnson | Kermit Gordon

Health Policy

LBJ signing Medicare and Medicaid Act

November 6, 1964

Dr. Spock on Medicare Politics

Lyndon B. Johnson | Benjamin M. Spock

Medicare, Health Policy

LBJ with Carl Albert

November 9, 1964

“We Can Pass Medicare”

Lyndon B. Johnson | Carl B. Albert

Medicare, Health Policy

Larry O'Brien, LBJ, and Lady Bird at at the Beautification Stamp unveiling

February 5, 1965

“They Want Beauty”

Lyndon B. Johnson | Walter P. Reuther

Highway Beautification

Adam Clayton Powell and LBJ look at each other

March 1, 1965

“Sure Thought I Had Better Leadership”

Lyndon B. Johnson | Adam Clayton Powell Jr.

Education

Lady Bird Johnson gets a tour of a classroom with students in it

March 6, 1965

“Make Them Go Vote for Education”

Lyndon B. Johnson | Hubert H. Humphrey Jr.

Education

President Johnson and the First Lady meet students at a school in West Virginia during the War on Poverty tour

March 6, 1965

“I’ll Spend the Goddamn Money”

Lyndon B. Johnson | Hubert H. Humphrey Jr.

LBJ Philosophy

President Johnson and Wilbur Mills talking at a desk

March 23, 1965

“$400 Million’s Not Going to Separate Us”

Lyndon B. Johnson | Wilbur D. Mills

Medicare, Health Policy

President Johnson and Wilbur Cohen talking

March 23, 1965

“It’s a Great Bill, Mr. President”

Lyndon B. Johnson | Wilbur J. Cohen

Medicare, Health Policy