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SCARBOROUGH, Maine (AP) - The federal government's "dream team" of top doctors kicked off a three-state visit to New England on Wednesday to spread the word about Medicare prescription drug coverage that takes effect in less than six months.
Mark McClellan, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, told seniors gathered outside the Southern Maine Agency on Aging that the program will offer the most important new benefit in Medicare's 40-year history, providing an average of $1,300 next year to the typical beneficiary.
"But these are voluntary benefits, so people have to make a decision about them," he said. "And that's why we're here."
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