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Florida scores low on the 2018 'Best & Worst States for Children's Health Care' study

With Every Kid Healthy Week kicking off on April 23 and children’s health care costs getting increasingly more expensive, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2018’s Best & Worst States for Children's Health Care.

In order to determine which states offer the most cost-effective and highest-quality health care for children, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 30 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 Florida (1=Best; 25=Avg.):

  • 48th – % of Children in Excellent/Very Good Health
  • 47th – % of Uninsured Children
  • 27th – Infant-Death Rate
  • 33rd – % of Children with Unaffordable Medical Bills
  • 16th – Pediatricians & Family Doctors per Capita
  • 49th – % of Overweight Children
  • 37th – % of Obese Children
  • 49th – % of Children with Excellent/Very Good Teeth
  • 45th – % of Children with Medical & Dental Preventive-Care Visits in Past Year

For the full report, please click here.