Feb 15, 2006- Say No to Health Savings Accounts
HON. MARCY KAPTUR
 OF OHIO
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARYÂ 15, 2006
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Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, when President Bush served as governor of Texas, that State had more uninsured people than anyother State in the union, and his system continues until today: Texas still has moreuninsured people percentage-wise as well as numerically.
Today, President Bush visited Ohioto try to sell his latest health care scheme. The reality is his health savingsaccounts are simply tax shelters for the healthy and wealthy, leaving moreAmericans worse off. Indeed, the numbers of the uninsured in Ohio have grown dramatically during hisadministration. More than one out of four people under the age of 65 wentwithout health insurance, and almost half of Ohio's households with children areuninsured, while 76 percent of the uninsured are members of working families.
The President's travel stop today reminds me of his Social Security drive toprivatize that a year ago. The American people said no. Our working familiesdeserve better and should not buy this latest ploy for health savings accountseither that are going to leave most Americans in the drink.