60 yrs ago, Dr. Montague Cobb helped make Medicare & Medicaid a tool for desegregation.
Now, the “Big Beautiful Bill” guts that progress with Medicaid cuts & work rules.
Cobb fought for equity we must too.
#Medicare60 #healthpolicy #medsky
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On this 60th, Anniversary of #Medicare and #Medicaid it is the solemn duty of us all, on this anniversary, to fight to ensure that these programs live on, and are expanded forward, safety and securely, to future generations. #Medicare60 #Resist ✊️
in #America The elderly and the working poor. On this Anniversary, it is our solemn duty, to fight to ensure that both of these programs not only live on but are expanded forward, for generarions to come. #Medicare60 #Resist ✊️
On Medicare & Medicaid’s 60th anniversary, they’re under attack. The OBBBA slashes $1 TRILLION from Medicaid, millions could lose coverage and 1+ million low-income Medicare enrollees could face higher costs.
We can’t let 60 years of progress be erased.
#Medicare60 #PatientsOverPolitics
Today, marks the 60th anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson signing #Medicare into law.
Before it, half of seniors had no health coverage. Today, nearly all do. It didn’t just change health care, it changed how we age in America. #Medicare60
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Cartoon split in two panels. Left: In 1965, President LBJ smiles as he hands the first-ever Medicare card to Harry Truman.
Cartoon split into two panels. Right: In 2025, Trump angrily rips the same card in half while a shocked LBJ and horrified Truman look on. Caption reads: “LBJ built it. Trump’s tearing it down.”
🎉 60 years ago, LBJ signed Medicare & Medicaid into law and handed the 1st Medicare card to Harry Truman.
Today, Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” threatens to tear it apart.
Democrats built it. We’ll protect it. #Medicare60 #HandsOffOurHealthcare
#DentonCountyDemocrats #MedicaidTurns60
