host: this week, we have a series looking at medicare. tomorrow we will look at medicare advantage. on wednesday, the topic is medicare part d. we will wrap up on thursday looking at proposals to bring down medicare costs. today we're looking at the history of the program. marilyn werber joins us now. the law was signed in 1965. was it controversial? guest: yes, health care is always controversial. the debate went on strong for a continues before it was signed into law. if jfk could not bring it into law, you know it was controversial. when we had to turn over in 1964, we have a democratic sweep. that is when they were really finally able to -- president