Prior to the 1960s, those portions of the general population who had health insurance obtained it as a fringe benefit of their employment. This excluded two portions of the general population. In response, the federal government amended the Social Security Act in 1965 to provide two government subsidized health care programs. What are these two programs and what population do they cover?
What will be an ideal response?
Medicare - persons over the age of 65
Medicaid - poor or impoverished persons
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