Health overhaul confuses Medicare beneficiaries

In this image made available by AARP shows Wallace Cunningham, left, AARP South Carolina Associate State Director for Multicultural Outreach presenting a workshop on the Affordable Health Care Act on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013 in Bishopville, S.C. Federal Health Officials are assuring medicare recipients that their benefits will not change when the Affordable Care Act starts. Many are confused by overlapping enrollment periods for Medicare and the Affordable Care Act. (AP Photo/AARP)MIAMI (AP) — Dear seniors, your Medicare benefits aren't changing under the Affordable Care Act. That's the message federal health officials are trying to get out to elderly consumers confused by overlapping enrollment periods for Medicare and so-called "Obamacare."