Partisan views on health reform.

While 82% of Democrats agreed that "it is the government's duty to ensure that all Americans have adequate health care coverage," only 47% of Republicans agreed with that statement, according to a WSJ.com/Harris Interactive online survey of 2,185 adults. And 59% of Republicans think the health care system could be improved by giving tax breaks to those who buy private health insurance, vs. 41% of Democrats, according to the September survey. More Democrats (37%) than Republicans (21%) think the most important issue is providing coverage for the uninsured, and more Republicans (33%) than Democrats (23%) put slowing costs at the top of their list. The survey also showed that more Americans believe the Democratic party can do a good job of reforming the health care system, but that trust is eroding, down to 39% in September 2007 from 50% in February 2007. In the current survey, only 26% trusted the Republican party to reform health care, down from 28% in February. Most Democrats (70%) think that of the current front-running presidential candidates, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) is the most likely to be able to improve the health care system; Republicans (48%) think that former New York City mayor Rudolph Guiliani can do the job.