The Tribune front page story June 28 will help to perpetuate the misbelief that there is a crisis in access to health care insurance. Using numbers in the article and an accompanying related article, let's reexamine the data.

Approximately 85 percent of Americans at any one time have either private or government provided health insurance. That leaves about 15 percent ostensibly without health insurance. Of this 15 percent, it is commonly reported that a significant number are between jobs so they temporarily are without health insurance.

Also, of this 15 percent, there are those who can afford health insurance but do not purchase it for various reasons. Therefore, at any one time, there is probably less than 10 percent of the American population who cannot afford health insurance.

In other words, over 90 percent of Americans either have or, if they chose to, could have health insurance. So, I ask, is this really a crisis as your headline stated in large bold print? Absolutely not! When over 90 percent of the American population either has or could have health insurance this is by no means a crisis.

By headlining and printing an article from this biased perspective the Tribune feeds the current atmosphere of everything is a crisis and the government needs to pass legislation as soon as possible in order to solve this crisis. This atmosphere has led our Congress to rush through legislation to spend trillions of dollars without responsible debate and with most members of congress not even reading the bills they vote on.

In American we enjoy many freedoms. With these freedoms, however, come responsibilities. It is the responsibility of the general press, including the Tribune, to provide objective, timely, and informative news. It is not your job to be our elected leaders' facilitators.