William Atkins
Friday, 09 October 2009 22:01
Science -
Health
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The six states of Vermont, Hawaii, Iowa, Minnesota, Maine, and New Hampshire were ranked 1 to 6 (at the top of the study), respectively, out of the fifty U.S. states and the District of Columbia.
Rated at 46 to 51 (at the bottom of the study), respectively, were the six states of Texas, Nevada, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Mississippi.
According to the October 8, 2009 ABC News article
Vermont, Hawaii Top Health Care Scorecard,
“Vermont, with only 640,000 residents, has nearly universal health care coverage with 93 percent insured. Its innovative "Blue Print for Health" focuses on prevention of chronic diseases.”
Susan Besio, director for Vermont’s health care reform and Medicaid, stated in the ABC News article:
"We're small. There are 19 cities larger than the state of Vermont. "But I believe there is something unique about Vermont in terms of its culture. We want to take care of each other and we are a healthy state."
To check out your state and other states with regards to their overall ranking and their rankings with respect to each of the 38 categories, please go to: “
CFC State Scorecard 2009”.
The website states,
“This interactive U.S. map draws from The Commonwealth Fund State Scorecard, 2009. Use the map to view state-specific rankings and results compared to benchmarks, and to view the number of lives and dollars each state could save by achieving benchmark levels of performance. Use the tool on the right to select years, performance indicators, and states for comparison and then generate custom, downloadable tables and bar charts.”
Page three contains various statistics from the 2009 State Scorecard.
