Here Comes Hillarycare Again

Here's something to look forward to - the second coming of Hillarycare:

Sept. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Hillary Clinton, offering a new prescription for providing all Americans with health-care insurance, is seeking to avoid a repeat of her first, failed bid to revamp the system.

While Democratic presidential rivals John Edwards and Barack Obama released health-care plans several months ago, the issue is more complex for the senator from New York.

Clinton's previous effort gives her a voice of authority on health-care coverage now, with 65 percent of Americans in a July Gallup poll expressing ``a great deal'' or ``a fair amount'' of confidence in her on the issue. That's more than any other White House contender. At the same time, it evokes memories of the bureaucracy-laden, 1,342-page proposal that critics still call ``Hillarycare.''

``It's very tricky for her,'' said Robert Blendon, professor of health policy and political analysis at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ``But she's not going to get elected president unless she can get through to people on health care,'' said Bob Laszewski, a Washington health policy analyst.

I'm having a hard time believing that 65% of Americans have confidence in Hillary on the subject of health care. If that number is true, 65% of Americans are ignorant.