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Report: South Carolina is 2019’s 4th Worst State for Health Care
Personal finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2019’s Best & Worst States for Health Care and South Carolina was ranked as the 4th worst.
In order to determine where Americans receive the highest-quality services at the best prices, WalletHub 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.
The website found the following:
Best States for Health Care | Worst States for Health Care | |||
1 | Minnesota | 42 | Alabama | |
2 | Massachusetts | 43 | Texas | |
3 | Rhode Island | 44 | Louisiana | |
4 | District of Columbia | 45 | Oklahoma | |
5 | Vermont | 46 | Georgia | |
6 | New Hampshire | 47 | Arkansas | |
7 | Hawaii | 48 | South Carolina | |
8 | Maine | 49 | Mississippi | |
9 | North Dakota | 50 | North Carolina | |
10 | Iowa | 51 | Alaska |
To see the full report, click here.