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Obama will tout $250 health-care rebate in town hall meeting …

Remember health care? President Obama has spent most of the past five weeks dealing with the oil spill disaster in the gulf, financial regulation reform and still-simmering concern about the fate of the economic recovery. But the White House is determined to take note of the more popular outcomes of its health-care overhaul, in part to remind voters — as midterm elections approach — of the reasons that the president pushed so hard to pass it. On Tuesday, Obama hosted a televised town hall meeting with seniors aimed at highlighting the $250 rebate check they will receive to lessen the impact of the donut hole that affects so many of them. Broadcast live on C-SPAN and available to seniors across the country by phone, the president’s discussion also focused on efforts to combat scams that are often aimed at the elderly — tough new efforts to protect seniors, Obama described them — and to remind seniors of the fraud that can sometimes drain their bank accounts. We will find you….

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