WASHINGTON – Access to affordable health care is the top domestic concern among Americans and a majority say the U.S. government should guarantee health insurance to every American, according to a New York Times/CBS News poll released Thursday. While the war in Iraq remains the top overall issue among Americans, health care is the No. 1 concern on the domestic agenda, ranked as far more important than immigration, cutting taxes or promoting traditional values, the poll said. Nearly two-thirds said the federal government should guarantee health insurance for all Americans and half said they would be willing to pay as much as $500 more in taxes a year for universal coverage, it said. Only 24 percent said they were satisfied with President Bush’s handling of the issue, despite his recent initiatives, and 62 percent said Democrats – not Republicans – were more likely to improve the health-care system. Looking ahead to the 2008 presidential campaign, 36 percent said they had confidence in the ability of Democratic contender Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York to ‘make the right decisions on health care,’ while 49 percent said they were uneasy about it, according to the poll. […]