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Massachusetts has almost universal health care coverage due to it being a priority of the Commonwealth. We have the lowest uninsured population in the USA at ~9
by thehappypm 5y ago
Massachusetts has almost universal health care coverage due to it being a priority of the Commonwealth. We have the lowest uninsured population in the USA at ~97% coverage. (Lowest coverage state? Texas, ~82%.)
I used to go to a local medical center in Boston that was apparently mostly serving Medicaid recipients. It had an MRI area that was like an assembly line -- huge waiting room, dozens of people constantly shuffling in and out of MRI rooms to get scans for whatever reason. So, a faster MRI machine means more people can get more scans. Which might be the difference between life and death, especially when you're on Medicaid.
(Source: https://www.kff.org/other/state-indicator/total-population/?currentTimeframe=0&sortModel=%7B%22colId%22:%22Uninsured%22,%22sort%22:%22asc%22%7D https://www.kff.org/other/state-indicator/total-population/?..., 2019 data)