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Date Posted: 08:51:05 07/19/07 Thu In reply to: Bev 's message, "Are you at the present time on any gov't funded health care program?" on 12:46:18 07/18/07 Wed The question is how many are refused medical care. Insurance really doesn't matter that much if you get the service anyway. And I'm very glad i "don't" have to worry about paying for someone else. considering the fact i happen to be involved in a health care organization I could really rip your little article apart, but I don't have the time right now and again I really don't care. > most people who have worked at a civil service job >are. ANd it appears you do not have to worry about >paying for anyones health care in Indiana as they are >about 39th on the list of health care performance . > >Font SizeA A A How States Rank on Health Care >Hawaii Is First, Oklahoma and Mississippi Are Last on >Foundation's First State Scorecard on Health Care >By Miranda Hitti >WebMD Medical NewsReviewed by Louise Chang, MDJune 13, >2007 -- Hawaii leads and Oklahoma lags on a new state >scorecard about health system performance. > >The scorecard is the first of its kind from the >Commonwealth Fund, a private foundation focused on >health care. > >The Commonwealth Fund rated states based on 32 >indicators, including access, quality, cost, >insurance, preventive care, potentially avoidable >hospital visits, and premature death (death before age >75). > >The top five states in order are Hawaii, Iowa, New >Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine. > >The bottom five states are Nevada, Arkansas, Texas, >Mississippi, and Oklahoma. > >A full list of state rankings follows later in this >article. > > > >Wide Range >The top-rated states scored two to three times higher >than the lowest-ranked states. > >"Where you live really matters in terms of your >experience with the American health care system," >Commonwealth Fund President Karen Davis told reporters >at a news conference. > >"The wide variation and gaps between leading and >lagging states add up to substantial human and >economic cost for the nation," says Cathy Schoen, the >Commonwealth Fund's senior vice president for research >and evaluation. > >Schoen says that if all states equaled the top-rated >states, there would be 90,000 fewer premature deaths >before age 75 from conditions such as diabetes, >infection, respiratory disease, and treatable cancers. >In addition, 22 million more adults and children would >be insured, cutting U.S. uninsured rates in half. > > > >Room for Improvement >Every state has room for improvement -- even those >leading the scorecard -- notes Schoen, who worked on >the scorecard with other experts. > >"Each of the top states has some indicators in the >bottom half of the state distribution," Schoen says. >In other words, though those states may rank highly >overall, they're not acing every category in the >scorecard. > >Insurance tracked with the states' ratings. > >"In general, states that did well in the overall >rankings had the lowest rates of uninsured in the >nation, and states that did poorly had the highest >rates of uninsured in the nation," Schoen says. > >But high ratings didn't always mean high costs. > >"Indeed, some states have high quality and lower >cost," Schoen says. She adds that "high costs tend to >track higher rates of potentially preventable hospital >use and 30-day re-admission rates, indicating a need >for a focus on prevention and primary care and care >coordination." > > > >State Rankings >Here is the list of how the states and Washington, >D.C., ranked overall. States with the same ranking are >listed together. > >Hawaii >Iowa >New Hampshire, Vermont >Maine >Rhode Island >Connecticut >Massachusetts >Wisconsin >South Dakota >Minnesota >Nebraska >North Dakota >Delaware >Pennsylvania >Michigan >Montana, Washington >Maryland >Kansas >Wyoming >Colorado, New York >Ohio, Utah >Alaska, Arizona, New Jersey >Virginia >Idaho, North Carolina >Washington, D.C. >South Carolina >Oregon >New Mexico >Illinois >Missouri >Indiana >California >Tennessee >Alabama >Georgia >Florida >West Virginia >Kentucky >Louisiana, Nevada >Arkansas >Texas >Mississippi, Oklahoma [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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| Re What is the population of China and how many would be employed in an industry = Not Industrialized | Aspen | 09:05:29 07/19/07 Thu |
| Hmmm to bad you did not see fit to answer the question are you on a gov't funded ins program???nt (NT) | Bev | 09:07:44 07/19/07 Thu |
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