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Old 08-10-2017, 06:55 AM
 
Location: Connecticut
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Not surprising since we have many fine hospitals in the state. Louisiana was the worst. Hawaii ranked number 1.

Best and worst states for health care - CBS News
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Old 08-10-2017, 07:16 AM
 
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I'm sure some people here will love that this list ranks Florida the 9th worst.
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Old 08-10-2017, 08:33 AM
 
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I'm sure some people here will love that this list ranks Florida the 9th worst.
That does not surprise me since I have family and friends there that struggled to find quality health care. One finally gave up and came north for health care. That said there are some good places. Jacksonville has a Mayo Clinic which is highly ranked. Only thing is that Florida is a large state so it is not easily accessible to all. Jay
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Old 08-10-2017, 03:55 PM
 
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Is this high quality of care the reason that health insurance is so high in CT. My husband and I are struggling to decide to move to CT or MA. My husband has a job offer he would love to take in CT but the insurance even after the employer helps paying for it is 38% of the salary! I grew up in MA and I had a rare medical issue and I had an incredible doctor that operated on me at Yale when I was a teen and I am forever grateful so I know Ct has wonderful care. I would love to "come home" but health insurance cost is the only thing stopping us.


The Mayo clinic should be a model for healthcare. If it were not for the Mayo Scottsdale/Phoenix location the southwest would be so much trouble with many specialities especially neurology. I drive 850 miles to the Mayo Scottsdale right now and it is so efficient and affordable but 850 miles isn't a fun drive in the heat. That's one of the reason we are looking to return to New England, to be closer to good medical care.
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Old 08-10-2017, 05:13 PM
 
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Is this high quality of care the reason that health insurance is so high in CT. My husband and I are struggling to decide to move to CT or MA. My husband has a job offer he would love to take in CT but the insurance even after the employer helps paying for it is 38% of the salary! I grew up in MA and I had a rare medical issue and I had an incredible doctor that operated on me at Yale when I was a teen and I am forever grateful so I know Ct has wonderful care. I would love to "come home" but health insurance cost is the only thing stopping us.


The Mayo clinic should be a model for healthcare. If it were not for the Mayo Scottsdale/Phoenix location the southwest would be so much trouble with many specialities especially neurology. I drive 850 miles to the Mayo Scottsdale right now and it is so efficient and affordable but 850 miles isn't a fun drive in the heat. That's one of the reason we are looking to return to New England, to be closer to good medical care.
MA will have far better healthcare with way more specialists and access. If it's cheaper and here, it's already a no brainer if jobs there for you
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Old 08-10-2017, 06:58 PM
 
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MA will have far better healthcare with way more specialists and access. If it's cheaper and here, it's already a no brainer if jobs there for you
Assuming by "Massachusetts" they mean the Boston area. Mass is more than just Boston and health care is a different story on the Cape or in the Berkshires.
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Old 08-10-2017, 07:06 PM
 
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Assuming by "Massachusetts" they mean the Boston area. Mass is more than just Boston and health care is a different story on the Cape or in the Berkshires.
So true. There is good health care in WMass (CT River Valley) but not so great in other areas. The people in the Boston area have the great hospitals that everyone talks about. (Mass is Boston centric.)
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Old 08-10-2017, 07:22 PM
 
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"Among the factors they took into consideration were the cost of medical and dental visits; average monthly insurance premiums; quality of hospital care systems; life expectancy; cancer rates; heart disease rates; and infant, child, and maternal mortality rates."

This is a collection of factors that are going to generally move wealthy states to the top and poor states to the bottom. If you are "rich" in a poor state I suspect healthcare isn't terribly different than for a "rich" person in a wealthy state.
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Old 08-11-2017, 07:29 AM
 
Location: Connecticut
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Assuming by "Massachusetts" they mean the Boston area. Mass is more than just Boston and health care is a different story on the Cape or in the Berkshires.
Yeah I was thinking the same. I'm sure the Boston area is known for it's high quality medical care.
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Old 08-11-2017, 08:09 AM
 
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It looks like the majority of the smaller states are on top which makes sense because the smaller the state the closer you are going to be to better hospital. In ct if you love in the country side you are still close to a city. Somewhere like Texas you can be 4 or 5 hours away from the next city. I wouldn't say a state has better medical centers because 1 medical center doesn't account for a state has whole. Now if you go city for city then that's a better comparison.
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