National Report Claims Maine Is One of the Best States for Healthcare

It turns out Maine's a darn good place to live (or visit) when feeling under the weather or bruised and battered.

WalletHub.com, a personal finance website, recently published a report listing the best and worst states for healthcare. The Pine Tree State found itself near the top of the list.

Maine was listed as the 9th best state for healthcare, a very respectable ranking for our fine state. It was also one New England states listed in the Top-10. That is some serious domination by the region.

Maine finished with a score of 63.60 out of a possible 100 points. The scoring fell under three major categories: Cost, Access, and Outcomes. These three were broken down into 44 subcategories to further aide with detail and accuracy. You can read more about the methodology here.

Maine had decent scores in both cost (24th ranking) and outcomes (15th). However, access is where Maine shined. The state finished as the 4th country. This category includes things like quality of hospitals, patient beds per capita, physicians per capita, and Medicare/Medicaid acceptance rate among physicians. Essentially, Maine is where you want to be if something in your body needs mending.

Frankly, this is quite a relief to hear. Whether it's for something routine or another global-wide pandemic, it's good to know that Maine's healthcare crew is ready to take on the challenge.

As mentioned above, it was a solid showing for New England. Rhode Island lead the way with a 2nd place ranking. That was followed by New Hampshire in 5th, Massachusetts 6th, Vermont 8th, and Connecticut 28th (LOL).

According to WalletHub's list, the best state for health care is Minnesota. Good job, ya gophers. The worst would be...wait for it...Mississippi. Is it just me or is Mississippi always at the bottom of these rankings?

You can check out the entire healthcare list here.