Where patients are avoiding care due to cost

Across the country, 10.1% adults reported that they weren’t able to see a doctor despite needing to due to the cost over the past 12 months, according to recent data from the United Health Foundation.

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Here are the states ranked by the percentage of adults who avoided care due to cost:

1. Texas: 16.8%

2. Nevada: 15%

3. Georgia: 14.8%

4. Oklahoma: 14.7%

T-5. Alabama: 14.2%

T-5. Mississippi: 14.2%

7. Arkansas: 13.8%

8. Florida: 13.3%

9. South Carolina: 12.8%

10. Tennessee: 12.6%

11. Louisiana: 21.1%

T-12. Arizona: 11.9%

T-12. North Carolina: 11.9%

T-14. Utah: 11.8%

T-14. Wyoming: 11.8%

T-16. Idaho: 11.3%

T-16. Missouri: 11.3%

T-18. Illinois: 10.8%

T-18: Kansas: 10.8%

T-20. Colorado: 10.7%

T-20. New Jersey: 10.7%

T-22. Alaska: 10.3%

T-22. West Virginia: 10.3%

24. Nebraska: 10.2%

T-25. California: 10.1%

T-25. New Mexico: 10.1%

27. Kentucky: 10%

T-28: Indiana: 9.8%

T-28: New York: 9.8%

T-28. Ohio: 9.8%

31. Washington: 9.7%

32. Virginia: 9.6%

33. Montana: 9.3%

34. Connecticut: 9.2%

35. Oregon: 9.1%

36. Maryland: 8.8%

37. North Dakota: 8.7%

38. Pennsylvania: 8.6%

39. Delaware: 8.1%

T-40. Michigan: 7.9%

T-40. Wisconsin: 7.9%

42. Rhode Island: 7.8%

43. New Hampshire: 7.7%

T-44. Minnesota: 7.6%

T-44. South Dakota: 7.6%
T-46. Iowa: 7.3%

T-46. Maine: 7.3%

48. Massachusetts: 7.1%

49. Vermont: 6.4%

50. Hawaii: 5.7%

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