Acting CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner attributed the savings, which average about $569 per person, to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Additionally, more than 24.2 million people with Medicare have received at least one free preventive benefit through the PPACA through the end of November, according to the release.
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