Which former U.S. president received Medicare card number one in 1965?
Harry S. Truman
The answer was Harry S. Truman. Here's the why, the decoys, and the source trail.
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President Lyndon B. Johnson presented the first Medicare card to former President Harry S. Truman when Medicare was signed into law on July 30, 1965. Bess Truman received card number two.
This answer is checked against Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Medicare History and CMS: Medicare, 35 Years of Service.
A good question makes the wrong answers feel close. Here is the clean read on the set.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower - a decoy; it may live near the same topic, but it does not answer this exact clue.
- Harry S. Truman - correct answer.
- Herbert Hoover - a decoy; it may live near the same topic, but it does not answer this exact clue.
- Jimmy Carter - a decoy; it may live near the same topic, but it does not answer this exact clue.
Harry S. Truman is the one to remember. President Lyndon B. Truman had called for national health insurance years earlier, so Johnson chose the Truman Library in Independence, Missouri, for the signing ceremony.
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