Do you know who got the first Medicare card? Harry Truman. In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson moved the Medicare bill signing from Washington, D.C., to Independence, MO. so former President Truman could be on hand for the signing and receive the first card. This was a tribute to Mr. Truman's efforts 20 years earlier to create a national health insurance plan. (The President's Club, Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy. New York, Simon & Schuster, 2012.)
