MA Second Best State For Children's Health Care: Study

MASSACHUSETTS—According to a new study, Massachusetts is a good place to be should you need health care for your child. Massachusetts came in second on the list, behind Vermont and ahead of Connecticut to round out the top 3.

Every Kid Healthy Week kicks off on Monday, April 24, so to complement that, the personal-finance website WalletHub released its report on 2017’s Best & Worst States for Children's Health Care.

Analysts compared 50 states and the District of Columbia using 28 key metrics in order to determine which states offer the most cost-effective and highest-quality health care for children.

In order to determine which states offer the most cost-effective and highest-quality health care for children, WalletHub’s analysts compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 28 key metrics. The data set ranges from share of children aged 0 to 17 in excellent or very good health to pediatricians and family doctors per capita.

Children’s Health Care in Massachusetts (1=Best; 25=Avg.), courtesy of WalletHub:

• 9th – percent of Children Aged 0–17 in Excellent/Very Good Health
• 1st – percent of Uninsured Children Aged 0–17
• 3rd – Infant-Death Rate
• 6th – percent of Children Aged 0–17 with Unaffordable Medical Bills
• 5th – Pediatricians & Family Doctors per Capita
• 26th – percent of Obese Children Aged 10–17
• 5th – percent of Children Aged 1–17 with Excellent/Very Good Teeth
• 4th – percent of Children Aged 0–17 with Medical & Dental Preventive-Care Visits in Past Year

WalletHub notes that by 2014, per-capita spending on children's health care had reached $2,600, marking an increase of more than five percent every year since 2010, based on a recent report from the Health Cost Institute.

Here's WalletHub's full report.

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