MoneyRates Study Shows Best and Worst States for Healthcare in 2021
Based on an average ranking across the above criteria, Iowa emerges as this year's best state for healthcare, bumping Massachusetts from its overall position in last year's report.
- Based on an average ranking across the above criteria, Iowa emerges as this year's best state for healthcare, bumping Massachusetts from its overall position in last year's report.
- On the opposite end of the spectrum, South Carolina struggles in last place for the second consecutive year.
- Healthcare disparity between states is illustrated in the following examples:
"As COVID cases strain health systems nationally, it becomes increasingly important to understand which states are most likely to deliver highest quality care," notes Richard Barrington, senior financial analyst for MoneyRates. - "Healthcare is one factor considered by those determining the best states to retire , and also for people thinking about the best states to raise a family ."