Donald Berwick speaks on a new free preventive care for seniors in Washington .
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Administrator Donald Berwick speaks on the launch of a new educational campaign for seniors about new free preventive care provided by the Affordable Care Act, at the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington on June 20, 2011. UPI/Kevin Dietsch
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