Congresswoman Johnson joined her Democratic colleagues recently to celebrate the 47th anniversary of Medicare & Medicaid being signed into law passed. The event commemorated this monumental legislation, and to show appreciation for all that these two programs have done for Americans over the years. Congresswoman Johnson opened by saying, "Each time I think about Medicare, and think about its history, it is no surprise the hard time we did have passing the Affordable Health Care Act. To think that Truman put this idea before the Congress and it took twenty years for it to pass. It took the election of Lyndon Johnson who brought in a major majority to the Congress that got it passed."
Congresswoman Johnson went on to say, "We do have something to celebrate, Medicare has been good for this nation just as the new Affordable Health Care Act will be. It is ironic that everything that is going to be good and set in stone for the people is always hard to achieve and its hard to keep."
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