It’s my Turn to Apply for Medicare

Medicare, as you know, is the national health program for seniors created in 1966 by the Lyndon Johnson administration. But did you also know that, in 1912, Teddy Roosevelt’s platform included creating national healthcare insurance? Did you know that Harry Truman tried to put together a national health program in 1945?

The conversation around health care for all Americans is not a new conversation. And I am delighted that I get to receive the benefits of this great program that my and my employers’ 2.9% payroll taxes have funded all these years. That’s right, this isn’t an entitlement. I’ve been paying for this, and now I’m going to collect my benefit. Yay, me! Free Medicare Part A! Whoohoo!