Democrats & Sen. Clinton Gaining Public Trust in Their Ability to Improve U.S. Healthcare System

Goofy headline--why is Clinton not simply included in "Democrats"?--but you should like these results from:

http://www.harrisinteractive.com/news/allnewsbydate.asp?NewsID=1194

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – March 26, 2007 – As the field of announced presidential candidates is established, the Democrats are gaining ground with the U.S. public as the party they trust to improve and reform the U.S. healthcare system. Senator Hillary Clinton is most trusted on this issue overall, largely because of high levels of confidence among Democrats. She and the Democrats are more trusted now than they were in March 2006, while trust in President Bush declines.

These are some of the results of an online survey of 2,482 U.S. adults, ages 18 and older, conducted by Harris Interactive® between February 7 and 9, 2007 for The Wall Street Journal Online’s Health Industry Edition (www.wsj.com/health).

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Trust by Political Party

Senators Clinton and Obama are trusted "a great deal" or "to some extent" by a large majority of their fellow Democrats (77% and 66%, respectively), and by almost half of all Independents to come up with good policies for improving and reforming the U.S. healthcare system (48% and 49%, respectively). While the percentages are small, a growing minority of Republicans trust Senator Clinton’s ability to improve the system (16%).

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Trust in President Bush

As the public’s trust in the Democrats has risen, they remain skeptical about President Bush’s ability to improve the U.S. healthcare system (27%, down from 30% in 2006). More notably, when it comes to reducing the ranks of the uninsured, improving the quality of healthcare and reducing Americans’ out-of-pocket for healthcare, the President is losing ground with Republicans. Fewer than half of all Republicans have confidence in the President’s ability to address these issues.

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(may be too limited a description) at which several candidates spoke. Hill was proclaimed the indisputed winner of that presentation. Google it for more details. Health care is a big issue for her and always has been.