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Social Security gradually moved toward universal coverage. By 1950, debates moved away from which occupational groups should be included to how to provide more adequate coverage. [37] Changes in Social Security have reflected a balance between promoting equality and efforts to provide adequate protection. [38] In 1940, benefits paid totaled $35 ...
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The first Social Security office opened in Austin, Texas, on October 14, 1936. [10] Social Security taxes were first collected in January 1937, along with the first one-time, lump-sum payments. [8] The first person to receive monthly retirement benefits was Ida May Fuller of Brattleboro, Vermont. Her first check, dated January 31, 1940, was in ...
Harry Truman, who would go on to become the first Medicare recipient under President Lyndon B. Johnson, expanded the program with the Social Security Act Amendments of 1950.
1950 - Social Security Amendments of 1950, Pub. L. 81–734 1952 - Social Security Amendments of 1952, Pub. L. 82–590 1954 - Social Security Amendments of 1954, Pub. L. 83–761
Nonetheless, the social conformity and consumerism of the 1950s often came under attack from intellectuals (e.g. Henry Miller's books The Air-Conditioned Nightmare and Sunday After The War) and there was a good deal of unrest fermenting under the surface of American society that would erupt during the following decade.
As people grow older, their incomes decline and their healthcare expenses grow. Before Social Security, indigence was a part of old age for millions of elderly Americans, who depended on their...
Social Security Act of 1935; Other short titles: Social Security Act: Long title: An Act to provide for the general welfare by establishing a system of Federal old-age benefits, and by enabling the several States to make more adequate provision for aged persons, dependent and crippled children, maternal and child welfare, public health, and the administration of their unemployment laws; to ...