Where patients are avoiding care due to cost

Across the country, 10.1% adults reported that they weren't able to see a doctor despite needing to due to the cost over the past 12 months, according to recent data from the United Health Foundation.

Here are the states ranked by the percentage of adults who avoided care due to cost:

1. Texas: 16.8%

2. Nevada: 15%

3. Georgia: 14.8%

4. Oklahoma: 14.7%

T-5. Alabama: 14.2%

T-5. Mississippi: 14.2%

7. Arkansas: 13.8%

8. Florida: 13.3%

9. South Carolina: 12.8%

10. Tennessee: 12.6%

11. Louisiana: 21.1%

T-12. Arizona: 11.9%

T-12. North Carolina: 11.9%

T-14. Utah: 11.8%

T-14. Wyoming: 11.8%

T-16. Idaho: 11.3%

T-16. Missouri: 11.3%

T-18. Illinois: 10.8%

T-18: Kansas: 10.8%

T-20. Colorado: 10.7%

T-20. New Jersey: 10.7%

T-22. Alaska: 10.3%

T-22. West Virginia: 10.3%

24. Nebraska: 10.2%

T-25. California: 10.1%

T-25. New Mexico: 10.1%

27. Kentucky: 10%

T-28: Indiana: 9.8%

T-28: New York: 9.8%

T-28. Ohio: 9.8%

31. Washington: 9.7%

32. Virginia: 9.6%

33. Montana: 9.3%

34. Connecticut: 9.2%

35. Oregon: 9.1%

36. Maryland: 8.8%

37. North Dakota: 8.7%

38. Pennsylvania: 8.6%

39. Delaware: 8.1%

T-40. Michigan: 7.9%

T-40. Wisconsin: 7.9%

42. Rhode Island: 7.8%

43. New Hampshire: 7.7%

T-44. Minnesota: 7.6%

T-44. South Dakota: 7.6%
T-46. Iowa: 7.3%

T-46. Maine: 7.3%

48. Massachusetts: 7.1%

49. Vermont: 6.4%

50. Hawaii: 5.7%

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