Affordable Health Insurance: What Bush and Kerry wanted in 2004
In 2004, George W. Bush and Senator John Kerry battled over America’s critical health insurance issue. It is now 2008, and the issue is still present. Tax credits were to be used to produce affordable health insurance. Kerry’s plan would require programs such as Medicaid to cover the uninsured poor. His plan would extend over a ten year period. George Bush’s plan was more costly and would also extend over a ten year period. The Kerry plan encouraged individuals and groups to buy insurance on the private market, hoping to drive the cost of health insurance down. How much of this has been accomplished?