Andy Griffith - Griffith Pitching U.S. Health Care Law

Veteran American actor ANDY GRIFFITH has returned to the small screen - he's pitching U.S. president BARACK OBAMA's health care law to seniors in a new TV advert.

The former The Andy Griffith Show star appears in the new ad, insisting "good things are coming" for Medicare recipients, a social insurance programme administered by the American government to provide health insurance coverage for people over 65.

Griffith, 84, touts free preventive check-ups and lower-cost prescriptions for Medicare recipients as just some of the benefits of Obama's health care overhaul, which seeks to expand coverage for the uninsured.

The promo is part of a Medicare campaign to educate senior citizens about the new benefits which will be made available next year (11).