Ohio Insurance

President Bush has made his plan to expand health savings accounts on Wednesday here at the headquarters of the Wendy’s Fast Food chain, he explained that his proposals were not only for the rich and likely to contribute some of the 45 million Americans had no insurance to stay.

In an hourlong speech in one state politically unpleasant for Republicans this year at half time of the elections, Mr. Bush has accepted criticism of his plan say that the poor are not used, or may make to the clearance of accounts.

“It is basically the nature of say, ‘If you do not know too much money, you can not decisions for themselves,” said Bush, Wendy’s employees of companies assembled in the history of lobby. “It is a kind of attitude from Washington, is not it.” We will decide for you, you can not make a rhyme. “I think many people here at Wendy’s would argue that the rearward visibility and simply not true.”

Under current law, people can publish health savings accounts only if they are registered for the first time up the share of health insurance plans to cover catastrophic costs, which require a person to pay at least the first $ 1050 of the annual bill as a doctor.

Plan Bush, the appeal of the accounts by extending its tax incentives and by increasing the amount of money that man can contribute each year. Bush said Wednesday that he wanted the precariousness of insurance that people buy with the plans “portable”, meaning that persons likely to continue with insurance, even if it amends the employer .

“You see, it is like auto insurance,” said Bush. “If you change the job, you can use your automobile insurance with you.”

Mr. Bush’s position that accounting is more aware of the man, the money they are spending for their medical needs and contribute at the end of the race to fix the nation health care costs through competition.

Democrats have criticized the plan Bush windfall for the rich and said that the Fast-Food-Koch, $ 15000 per year could not afford aside $ 5000 in a savings account-health or $ 1050 in payments of bills Medical.

“Unfortunately, the president of Public Health, the plan will not be a bad situation worse,” Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Democrat of Massachusetts, said in a statement.

Mr. Kennedy said the plan ensures the healthy and prosperous, and leaves the rest of America after.

Tax-tables of the Treasury division show that married couple with two children and income of $ 40000 in the year 2005 could have saved $ 630 in federal taxes, if it had contributed $ 5000 to an account Savings health. The same family, the same contribution, but with an income of $ 120000 would have saved $ 1500 in taxes.

In a sign of trouble, not the Republican Party nationally and particularly here in a critical condition, “said Bush’s re-election, the Ohio’s known Republican Senator Mike DeWine, faces a tough campaign this election are not accompany Mr. Bush. The White House said DeWine there have been commitments to Washington.

A recent opinion poll conducted state revealed that 38 percent of voters in Ohio by Mr. Bush approved the performance. Mr. DeWine has a higher approval, and has sought in recent months as a portrait, whatever the president.