DENVER -- Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry will make his fourth visit to Colorado this Friday afternoon, where he will host a town hall meeting at Rangeview High School in Aurora.

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He is expected to talk about his healthcare plan, campaign officials said.

Because of limited seating, anyone who wants to attend will be required to obtain a ticket. Tickets can be reserved by calling (303) 830-0232.

The event will be inside the gym at Rangeview High School, located at 17599 East Iliff Ave.

Kerry's visit comes just days after President George W. Bush made a brief stop at Coors Amphitheater, rallying a crowd of 18,000 enthusiastic supporters.

In his 50-minute speech, Bush said his administration has ambitious plans to reform health care if he is re-elected.

"We need to expand tax-free health savings accounts. We will help small businesses with health savings accounts so they can provide them for their employees. We're going to expand community health centers so poor citizens have access to preventative and primary care.

"We're going to make sure that we bring technology into medicine to lower costs. But, most of all, what we need to do is to make sure that we stop these frivolous lawsuits that are running up the cost of your medicine and driving good docs out of business," Bush said.

Bush said Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry's blueprint would require huge tax increases and establish a government bureaucracy to run it.

Kerry's camp said Colorado has suffered under Bush, with unemployment jumping from 2.6 percent in 2000 to 5.1 percent in July of 2004, while the proportion of Coloradans without health insurance rose from 14.9 percent in 2000 to 16.7 percent last year.

"Instead of four more years of failed economic policies and stubborn, wrong-headed leadership, it is time for us to move in a different direction," said Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo. "It's time for an economic policy that helps the middle class Americans instead of hurting them."

She said Kerry's platform of reducing the deficit, eliminating tax give-aways to international corporations and the ultra-rich and providing tax breaks to those who need them would make health care more affordable.