New Hampshire has the best healthcare at the most reasonable cost in the nation, according to a ranking by WalletHub published July 28.
To determine the states where Americans receive the best or worst healthcare, the personal finance website compared all 50 states and the District of Columbia across 44 measures linked to cost, accessibility and outcome. Some of these metrics included cost of medical visit; average hospital expenses per inpatient at community hospitals; hospital beds per capita, average emergency department wait time; infant, child, child and maternal mortality rates; and the share of patients readmitted to hospitals. Data was collected as of June 30 from sources including the CDC, CMS, U.S. Census Bureau and more.
Each metric was graded on a 100-point scale, with 100 representing the best healthcare at the most reasonable cost. WalletHub used a weighted average across all metrics by state to calculate that state’s overall score.
Here are the states with the highest and lowest scores for best healthcare at the most reasonable cost:
Highest
1. New Hampshire: 67.49
2. Rhode Island: 65.58
3. Minnesota: 64.21
4. Iowa: 64.19
5. Massachusetts: 64.15
6. Maine: 61.67
7. Colorado: 61.58
8. North Dakota: 61.48
9. Wisconsin: 60.93
10. South Dakota: 60.85
Lowest
1. Mississippi: 43.15
2. Alaska: 43.22
3. Alabama: 44.91
4. Georgia: 46.13
5. Texas: 46.55
6. West Virginia: 46.62
7. Arkansas: 47.55
8. Tennessee: 47.77
9. Kentucky: 47.95
10. Florida: 48.57
