campaigned for medicare 20 years ago, but it took two decades for his proposal to become law. the new bill expands the 30-year-old social security program to provide hospital care, nursing home care, home nursing service, and outpatient treatment for those over 65. medicare will become law on july 1st, 1966, and for mr. truman an historic souvenir from the president. for mr. truman, the passage of medicare is a dream come true. and in 1993, bill clinton proposed the universal health care coverage plan, but it failed in the face of very strong opposition from republicans and the business community. jack cafferty s coming up next with the cafferty file. then, cnn s brian todd shows us what happens to people who choose to ignore the new health care reform law and refuse to get insurance. and how big of a deal is the new law? vice president biden uses some surprisingly salty language at