Q 01/05

Which country revived its public health scheme in 1984 as Medicare?

A) United Kingdom

B) Australia

C) New Zealand

D) South Africa

Answer · why

B) Australia

Australia launched the scheme as Medibank in 1975, saw the next government cut it back, and restored it in 1984 under the name Medicare, covering ever...

Q 02/05

Which president signed Medicare into law?

A) Lyndon B. Johnson

B) Richard Nixon

C) John F. Kennedy

D) Jimmy Carter

Answer · why

A) Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson signed it after his 1964 landslide added dozens of pro-Medicare votes in Congress and settled the issue.

Q 03/05

Who received the very first Medicare card at the 1965 signing ceremony?

A) Hubert Humphrey

B) Harry S. Truman

C) Robert F. Kennedy

D) Wilbur Mills

Answer · why

B) Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman was honoured for his failed push, as president, for national health insurance; he and his wife Bess received the first cards.

Q 04/05

In which Missouri city was the Medicare law signed?

A) St. Louis

B) Jefferson City

C) Kansas City

D) Independence

Answer · why

D) Independence

Independence hosted the signing; before Medicare, older Americans often couldn't get affordable coverage because private insurers saw them as a bad ri...

Q 05/05

Which group ran Operation Coffee Cup, a 1961 campaign against health insurance for the elderly?

A) AFL-CIO

B) American Hospital Association

C) American Medical Association

D) US Chamber of Commerce

Answer · why

C) American Medical Association

The American Medical Association's campaign used coffee gatherings to get acquaintances writing letters to Congress against the plan that became Medic...