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The top 10 worst states for healthcare in 2019

10 states with the worst performance in healthcare across three areas.

How is your state performing when it comes to cost, access and patient outcomes?A new survey from WalletHub took a state-by-state (including D.C.) look at more than a dozen data sources to compile its rankings. Each state is ranked based on a composite score of three areas: the cost of healthcare services, patient access to physicians and other providers, and patient outcomes dataHere are the 10 states with the worst performance:

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