Here Are the States with the Best and Worst Health Care in 2025: Study
UNITED STATES, JUL 28 – New Hampshire ranked best for affordable, quality healthcare while Mississippi had the worst, with residents spending 18.66% of income on healthcare, WalletHub reported.
- On July 28, 2025, personal finance website WalletHub published its study ranking U.S. states by healthcare cost, access, and outcomes.
- Using 44 metrics, WalletHub evaluated U.S. states and Washington, D.C. across cost, access and outcomes, as the analysis compared these entities.
- New Hampshire ranked first overall for best health care, with Rhode Island having the lowest out-of-pocket costs at 5.6 percent of income, and Minnesota among the top three.
- West Virginia is not ranked among the worst states for healthcare, but it had the lowest average monthly premium at about $470 and the fourth-lowest out-of-pocket spending, according to WalletHub.
- Experts cited Medicare cuts, medication pricing and workforce shortages as significant 2025 healthcare challenges, and Chip Lupo said `Health care has two crucial components, cost and quality.
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