“Spring Tonic”
Charles Bissell
The Tennessean, 1966
Charles Bissell Collection
Vanderbilt University Special Collections
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Medicare bill (H.R. 6675) on July 27, 1965. The Senate passed the bill the next day. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the bill on July 30, 1965, in Independence, MO, with former President Harry Truman watching on.