Gallup reports today on which states have the highest and lowest rates of residents without health care coverage. The results should cause one presidential hopeful to boast, but won’t. (via Ezra Klein) Here’s the best states in the country for the lowest rates of uninsured:
1. Massachusetts, 4.7% uninsured
2. Connecticut, 9.9% uninsured
3. Minnesota, 10.5% uninsured
4. Hawaii, 10.6% uninsured
5. Pennsylvania, 11% uninsured
5. Vermont, 11% uninsuredTexas and Louisiana are at the other end, with roughly a fourth of state residents going without coverage.
You won’t be hearing Mitt Romney bragging about this accomplishment. So sad.
Greg Sargent comments on Mitt:
"Now what was originally one of his greatest accomplishments is suddenly one of his greatest liabilities, and Romney needs to figure out how to explain the fact that thanks to his leadership, the state he presided over now ranks lowest in the nation in the rate of the uninsured.
At a certain point all you can do is marvel at how topsy turvy the debate has become."
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