proposed health care tax break

in his state of the union address, bush proposed a tax break that supposedly aids health insurance coverage for more people: families would receive a tax break of up to $15000/yr and individuals would receive up to $7500/yr for their expenditures towards acquiring health insurance. what i don't understand is that if you already have health insurance, you probably work on a job that pays well, or at least decent, enough to include a benefits package, or you make enough to be able to afford it on your own. most people who are uninsured don't work on these jobs though. they work on much lower paying jobs where the employer, most likely small businesses, doesn't feel they can afford health insurance coverage for their workers. and of course, the employees themselves don't make enough to afford it either. health insurance is expensive in this country. so how does this help increase health care coverage in this country? shouldn't "extending health care coverage" be focused on getting those who aren't already covered to be included, not benefiting those who are already covered?

people who fall in this income bracket (who themselves cannot afford health insurance and do not work for an employer who provide it) will not use a portion of their already-low income to buy health insurance even though they can get that money back the following april, assuming that there aren't any changes to the legislation. they're already struggling to pay rent, food, other basic necessities, focused on making ends meet on a day-to-day basis. $15000 is 50% of the total income for some families. this feeble attempt to improve health care coverage is so preposterous that it's an insult to the severity of the problem. the money that has been wasted by this administration probably could've created a universal health care system, at least start one if not establish. what is amazing is that despite being one of the wealthiest countries in the world, the u.s. is one of the very few 1st world countries that doesn't have a universal health care system. how are we supposed to be protected by the government of our unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness when we don't have health care? without health and the guaranteed aid to maintain health for all, we have no protection of these rights or any rights for that matter. well, those who can afford it have the rights. i guess all being created equal doesn't mean that all will be treated equally.