With the Affordable Care Act remaining in effect and the CDC reporting that over 87 percent of the population has a regular place to go for medical care, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2019’s Best & Worst States for Health Care.
In order to determine where Americans receive the highest-quality services at the best prices, the site compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 43 key measures of health care cost, accessibility and outcome. The data set ranges from average monthly insurance premium to physicians per capita to share of insured population.
North Carolina was ranked 50th overall in the nation and;
- 45th – Avg. Monthly Insurance Premium
- 42nd – Hospital Beds per Capita
- 26th – Physicians per Capita
- 24th – Dentists per Capita
- 35th – Physician Medicare-Acceptance Rate
- 40th – % of Insured Adults
- 29th – % of Insured Children
- 32nd – % of Adults with No Dental Visit in Past Year
- 34th – % of Medical Residents Retained
The only state to have a worst health care system, according to the report, was Alaska. Telemedicine North Carolina ranked just behind Mississippi (#49), South Carolina (#48), and Arkansas (#47).
States with Best Health Care Systems
Overall Rank (1 = Best) |
State | Total Score | ‘Cost’ Rank | ‘Access’ Rank | ‘Outcomes’ Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Minnesota | 63.79 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
2 | Massachusetts | 62.33 | 35 | 2 | 1 |
3 | Rhode Island | 62.12 | 11 | 5 | 6 |
4 | District of Columbia | 61.38 | 1 | 3 | 26 |
5 | Vermont | 60.13 | 5 | 34 | 4 |
6 | New Hampshire | 59.80 | 40 | 8 | 2 |
7 | Hawaii | 59.64 | 8 | 36 | 5 |
8 | Maine | 58.44 | 38 | 1 | 13 |
9 | North Dakota | 58.21 | 3 | 9 | 22 |
10 | Iowa | 57.27 | 15 | 17 | 14 |
11 | Colorado | 56.77 | 47 | 12 | 3 |
12 | Maryland | 56.71 | 4 | 21 | 23 |
13 | Connecticut | 56.44 | 44 | 11 | 7 |
14 | Kansas | 56.05 | 7 | 16 | 27 |
15 | Pennsylvania | 55.70 | 13 | 13 | 25 |
16 | Wisconsin | 55.46 | 45 | 6 | 10 |
17 | Montana | 55.44 | 21 | 19 | 18 |
18 | South Dakota | 55.15 | 17 | 15 | 24 |
19 | Utah | 55.12 | 32 | 41 | 8 |
20 | Michigan | 55.09 | 6 | 18 | 30 |
21 | Virginia | 54.63 | 25 | 35 | 12 |
22 | Nebraska | 53.64 | 43 | 10 | 17 |
23 | New Jersey | 53.39 | 14 | 30 | 28 |
24 | New York | 52.26 | 29 | 24 | 29 |
25 | Ohio | 52.22 | 10 | 22 | 37 |
26 | Illinois | 52.20 | 24 | 23 | 32 |
27 | Wyoming | 52.14 | 36 | 37 | 16 |
28 | Idaho | 52.02 | 30 | 43 | 19 |
29 | Delaware | 51.79 | 42 | 27 | 21 |
30 | California | 51.19 | 39 | 42 | 20 |
31 | New Mexico | 50.95 | 19 | 31 | 36 |
32 | Washington | 49.85 | 48 | 44 | 11 |
33 | Oregon | 49.43 | 49 | 29 | 15 |
34 | Indiana | 49.29 | 9 | 38 | 40 |
35 | Kentucky | 49.11 | 16 | 14 | 47 |
36 | Tennessee | 48.05 | 18 | 32 | 42 |
37 | Missouri | 47.50 | 31 | 25 | 41 |
38 | Nevada | 47.37 | 22 | 47 | 39 |
39 | Florida | 47.37 | 34 | 46 | 35 |
40 | West Virginia | 47.35 | 41 | 7 | 45 |
41 | Arizona | 46.74 | 37 | 48 | 34 |
42 | Alabama | 46.59 | 12 | 45 | 46 |
43 | Texas | 45.94 | 28 | 51 | 38 |
44 | Louisiana | 44.50 | 33 | 20 | 49 |
45 | Oklahoma | 44.47 | 26 | 39 | 48 |
46 | Georgia | 44.45 | 23 | 49 | 44 |
47 | Arkansas | 43.48 | 20 | 33 | 50 |
48 | South Carolina | 42.96 | 46 | 40 | 43 |
49 | Mississippi | 42.76 | 27 | 28 | 51 |
50 | North Carolina | 42.63 | 50 | 50 | 33 |
51 | Alaska | 42.21 | 51 | 26 | 31 |
What do you think about our healthcare system?
What do you think we can do to improve?