WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- In the midst of a week-long emphasis by Democrats on Iraq, the Kerry campaign unveiled an ad Tuesday cutting into U.S. President Bush on healthcare.
"Uninsured," a 30-second television spot that is scheduled to air beginning this week in presidential battleground states, focuses on the differences between the healthcare plans proposed by Kerry and by Bush.
Kerry's plan, the ad says, lowers costs and expands access to coverage while Bush's program, the ad charges, would increase health insurance premiums for four out of five U.S. small businesses and increase the total number of uninsured in the United States by more than 1 million individuals.
"When it comes to healthcare, George Bush's approach has taken America in the wrong direction," Kerry campaign spokesman Phil Singer said. "John Kerry will move this country in a new direction with lower costs for families and businesses."
