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Medicaid was signed into law 60 years ago. Trump’s big bill is chiseling it back

Congress_Trump_Bill_Impact_28589WASHINGTON (AP) — On this day in 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed legislation into law that launched Medicaid, creating a U.S. health care safety net for millions of low-income Americans in what would become one of the crowning achievements of his domestic legacy.