The report, conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism, found that the largest chunk of those health-related stories (42 percent) focused on individual ailments, while just 27 percent dealt with health policy or reform. That means that — even while nearly 46 million Americans are uninsured; while the country’s infant mortality rates are higher than 28 others around the world; and while Medicare’s hospital fund is projected to go belly up in precisely 11 years — less than 1 percent of all news coverage targeted these things.

Is there any wonder why there’s been little pressure on Congress to fix the problem?