Medicare Trivia Trivia

At what age do most Americans become eligible for Medicare?

Q 01/05 A) 65 B) 67 C) 70 D) 72

A) 65

Answer · why Younger people qualify if they have been on Social Security Disability Insurance for 24 months, or immediately with end-stage renal disease or ALS.

Which president signed Medicare into law on July 30, 1965?

Q 02/05 A) Lyndon B. Johnson B) Richard Nixon C) John F. Kennedy D) Dwight D. Eisenhower

A) Lyndon B. Johnson

Answer · why He signed the Social Security Amendments of 1965 as Title XVIII of the Social Security Act. Medicaid was created by the same law.

Who became the first Medicare recipient at the 1965 signing ceremony at his presidential library?

Q 03/05 A) Herbert Hoover B) Franklin D. Roosevelt C) Dwight D. Eisenhower D) Harry S. Truman

D) Harry S. Truman

Answer · why He and his wife Bess received the first cards. Truman had pushed for national health insurance during his own presidency.

In which Missouri city was the Medicare law signed?

Q 04/05 A) St. Louis B) Jefferson City C) Kansas City D) Independence

D) Independence

Answer · why The Truman Library sits there. Before Medicare only about 60 percent of over-65s had health insurance, and they paid three times what younger people d...

How many parts is Medicare divided into?

Q 05/05 A) Four B) Three C) Six D) Two

A) Four

Answer · why Parts A and B together are called Original Medicare; Part C is the private-plan alternative and Part D covers prescription drugs.

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