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CMS: 14 million seniors have received preventive benefits under Obama's health law in 2012
More than 14 million seniors have already taken advantage of the healthcare reform law's new preventive benefits under Medicare, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said Monday.
The Obama administration routinely highlights popular provisions of the Affordable Care Act as it tries to build public support for a law under which tangible benefits are scattered across several programs.
CMS said 14.3 million seniors took advantage of that benefit in the first five months of 2012, including more than 1 million who received an "annual wellness visit."
“Thanks to the health care law, millions of Americans are getting cancer screenings, mammograms and other preventive services for free,” acting CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner said in a statement. “These free preventive services are helping people in Medicare stay healthy and lower their health care costs.”
