TN among worst states for health care in the U.S.

With the Affordable Care Act remaining in effect and the CDC reporting that over 88 percent of the population has a regular place to go for medical care, the personal-finance website WalletHub recently released its report on 2018’s Best & Worst States for Health Care.

Tennessee was ranked near the bottom of the list at number 41.

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 40 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.

Best States for Health Care
1 Vermont
2 Massachusetts
3 New Hampshire
4 Minnesota
5 Hawaii
6 Rhode Island
7 Colorado
8 District of Columbia
9 Iowa
10 Maryland

Worst States for Health Care
42 Florida
43 Georgia
44 South Carolina
45 Oklahoma
46 Alabama
47 North Carolina
48 Arkansas
49 Alaska
50 Mississippi
51 Louisiana

You can view the full report on WalletHub’s website.