Drafter Of Social Security Legislation Dies

From the Washington Post:

Lawrence E. Filson, 85, former deputy legislative counsel for the U.S. House of Representatives and the principal draftsman of all the major Social Security laws between 1954 and 1989, died Sept. 21 of complications from Alzheimer's disease at the Collingswood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Rockville. ...

He drafted the original Medicare, Medicaid and Supplemental Social Security laws. ...