U.S. States With the WORST Access to Healthcare

Few factors bear as heavily on the well-being of any state's citizens as their overall quality of health. In evaluating the Best States for health care in the only nation in the world without guaranteed healthcare, access to preventive medical & dental treatment for children and adults alike is a key consideration. The states were ranked using 3 broad benchmarks: access to care, quality of care and the overall health of the populace. This includes measures such as the % of adults without health insurance and the % who haven't had a routine checkup in the past year – including those who went without medical care because of cost. It includes the % of children receiving healthcare via Medicaid, preventable hospital admissions, readmissions within 30 days, nursing home quality ratings, numbers of seniors covered under Medicare Advantage plans, rates of smoking, obesity and suicide, infant and overall mortality rates. Here are the 15 Worst States for Healthcare. How many have you visited???

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