claim: when president franklin d. roosevelt started social security, "it only affected widows and orphans," and when medicare began, "it was a small program."
author: barack obama
evidence_1: the civil war pension program began shortly after the start of the war, with the  first legislation in 1862 providing for benefits linked to disabilities "incurred as a  direct ..... on june 8, 1934, president franklin d. roosevelt, in a message to the  congress, announced his intention to provide a program for social security.
evidence_2: a limited form of the social security program began as a measure to implement " social insurance" during the great depression of the 1930s, when poverty rates  among senior citizens exceeded 50 percent. president roosevelt signs social  security act, august 14, 1935. standing are rep. robert doughton (d-nc); ...
evidence_3: remarks with president truman at the signing in independence  of the medicare bill--july 30, 1965. 7. statement by the ..... it was 30  years ago when president franklin delano roosevelt signed the social security  act of 1935 and made it the law of the land. at that time he said, and i want to ...
evidence_4: under president roosevelt, social security established a promise that lasts to  this day: growing old would never again mean growing poor. 1935. social ...  one of the most enduring parts of franklin d. roosevelt's new deal, the social  security act provides assistance to retirees, the unemployed, widows, and  orphans.
evidence_5: it in his program for economic security he might lose the entire program. robert m . ball, social security commissioner under. presidents kennedy, johnson, and  nixon,. 1995. enactment of medicare. after president franklin d. roosevelt  decided not to include health insurance in his proposed social security act in  1934,.