President Lyndon Johnson signs the Medicare bill into law while former President Harry S. Truman looks on.
The official White House portrait of former President Harry S. Truman
Logo of the Federal Security Agency, established in 1939, which administered Social Security pensions
Oscar Ewing, who administered the Federal Security Administration under President Truman, navigated the political intricacies of creating a national health insurance program for select groups of people.
President Lyndon B. Johnson at the White House
Otto von Bismarck, chancellor of Germany from 1871 to 1890, initiated the first social insurance plan.
Social Security card of Clinton Lester Rooker (deceased), issued in 1943.
An old man in a Norwegian nursing home in 2012. Photo by Thomas Bjørkan.
