With the average American spending nearly $14,600 per year on personal health care, the personal-finance website WalletHub, a personal finance website, released its report on “2025’s Best and Worst States for Health Care.”
WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia on 44 key measures of health care cost, accessibility, and outcome. The data range from the average monthly insurance premium to physicians per capita to the share of insured population.
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Best States for Health Care |
Worst States for Health Care |
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1. New Hampshire |
42. Florida |
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2. Rhode Island |
43. Kentucky |
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3. Minnesota |
44. Tennessee |
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4. Iowa |
45. Arkansas |
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5. Massachusetts |
46. West Virginia |
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6. Maine |
47. Texas |
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7. Colorado |
48. Georgia |
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8. North Dakota |
49. Alabama |
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9. Wisconsin |
50. Alaska |
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10. South Dakota |
51. Mississippi |
Best vs. worst
- New Hampshire has the lowest average monthly health-insurance premium, which is 2.5 times lower than in West Virginia, the highest.
- California has the highest retention rate for medical residents, which is 4.6 times higher than in the District of Columbia, the lowest.
- New Hampshire has the lowest number of infant mortalities – per 1,000 live births – which is 2.9 times lower than in Mississippi, the highest.
- West Virginia has the lowest share of at-risk adults without a routine doctor visit in the past two years, which is 1.9 times lower than in New Mexico, the highest.
The public policy on health care United States is so lacking. I don’t see any changes coming soon.
