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. 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. They are sharply attacking the nomination by Obama of Donald Berwick to run the nation’s Medicare and Medicaid programs, using Berwick’s praise of the British health-care system to accuse Obama of favoring European-style health care, an argument the GOP made repeatedly throughout the health-care debate.

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