Medicare Basics History Quiz
10 Questions
| Total Attempts: 241
How has the Medicare program evolved? Start learning the history basics here!
Questions and Answers
- 1.Who first proposed social insurance for the old in 1912?
- A.
Theodore Roosevelt
- B.
Lyndon B. Johnson
- C.
Harry Truman
- D.
George Bush Sr
- 2.When was Medicare signed into Law?
- A.
July 30th, 1912
- B.
July 30th, 1965
- C.
July 30th, 1966
- D.
July 30th, 1977
- 3.Who signed Medicare into Law?
- A.
Theodore Roosevelt
- B.
George Bush Senior
- C.
Lyndon Johnson
- D.
Harry Truman
- 4.President Harry and First Lady Bess Truman were the first Medicare Beneficiaries.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.Medicare was signed into law on July 30th, 1965, when did Medicare coverage begin for all those ages 65 and older?
- A.
July 31st, 1965
- B.
July 1st, 1966
- 6.How many people initially enrolled in Medicare?
- A.
7 million
- B.
11 million
- C.
19 million
- D.
36 million
- 7.Today, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) oversees Medicare, what government agency originally oversaw Medicare from 1966-1977?
- 8.Social Security Amendments of October 1972 added coverage for people under 65 with ESRD and long term disabilities
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.When was the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) signed into law?
- A.
June 1st, 2007
- B.
October 10th, 2008
- C.
March 23rd, 2010
- D.
April 14th, 2012
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