WASHINGTON—On Tuesday morning, June 8, President Barack Obama will participate in a national
tele-town hall meeting at the Holiday Park Multipurpose Senior Center in Wheaton, Maryland with
senior citizens to discuss the Affordable Care Act and efforts to combat senior scams and fraud
in advance of the first mailing of the $250 “donut hole” rebate checks.   In addition to
attendees at the Senior Center, seniors across the country will be able to participate in the
town hall meeting by phone.  The President will be joined at the town hall meeting by HHS
Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and representatives of the following organizations:

AARP
AFL-CIO
AFSCME Retirees
Alliance for Retired Americans
American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging 
American Federation of Teachers Program on Retirement and Retirees
American Postal Workers Union Retirees Department 
B’nai B’rith International
Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc.
Communications Workers of American Retiree Division
Easter Seals
Families USA
International Union of Painters & Allied Trades – IUPAT
Medicare Rights Center
National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
National Association of Area Agencies on Aging 
National Association of State Units on Aging 
National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Programs
National Association of State Long Term Care Ombudsman Programs
The National Caucus and Center on Black Aged  
National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare 
National Council on Aging 
NCCNHR – The National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
OWL- The Voice of Midlife and Older Women 
SEIU
Service and Advocacy for GLBT Elders
Workers United

These organizations – which together represent over 40 million seniors across the country --
will be organizing satellite town hall meetings across the country to dial in and participate
in the President’s event, which will be broadcast live on C-SPAN.  A detailed list of meeting
locations will be released in the coming days.

The town hall meeting will be pooled press.