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On this Day in Social Security History:

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3/23/1960 Arthur S. Flemming, in testimony before the Ways and Means Committee.
Background: https://www.ssa.gov/history/corningchap4.html

3/23/1965 In the first step in the legislative processes that would result in passage of Medicare in 1965, the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of The Mills Bill. https://www.ssa.gov/history/tally65.html

“ The Medical Care and Social Security Bill voted out today by the House Committee on Ways and Means is a tremendous step forward for all of our senior citizens …” - President Lyndon B. Johnson, March 23, 1965: https://www.ssa.gov/history/lbjstmts.html#medstate

3/23/1994 Thee Secretary of HHS, Donna E. Shalala, established the 1994-1996 Advisory Council on Social Security. More: https://www.ssa.gov/history/reports/adcouncil/report/preface.htm
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https://president.miami.edu/history/donna-e-shalala/index.html

3/23/2010 President Obama signs the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,” and the House passes H.R. 4872, the “Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010” https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/legis_bulletin_032310.html
 
More Social Security history: https://www.ssa.gov/history/ & #SSAHistGWC 

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