They rushed to pass Medicare before Barack Obama’s 4th birthday

The president is often accused of being overly self-referential, and he was at it again today, at a health care event at AARP offices in Washington:

Some of you may know that 44 years ago today, when I was almost four years old, after years of effort, Congress finally passed Medicare, our promise as a nation that none of our senior citizens would ever again go without basic health care.

 

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