Research from the Kaiser Family Foundation shows the U.S. trails several other wealthy nations when it comes to health care. Georgia comes in near the bottom in the nation.
A recent study from the personal finance website WalletHub shows conditions are not uniform around the nation. John Kiernan is managing editor at the organization; he says Georgia came in at number 48 on the list.
“So, Georgia didn’t come out too well in our rankings,” according to Kiernan. “We looked at the 50 states and D.C. We looked at the adult insurance rank, Georgia ranked 49th. Medicare acceptance among physicians, ranked 51st. Share of adults with no doctor visits due to cost, ranked 49th. Access to hospital beds, 42nd.”
Kiernan said a wide-ranging variety of factors were considered in compiling the list.
“We looked at 44 different metrics for this study, ranging from the cost of medical visits to the number of urgent care center per capita, to the insurance rate and infants and maternal mortality rates, incidences of cancer and type 2 diabetes.”
The most recent estimates from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services estimates the average American spends nearly $14,600 per year on personal healthcare.
