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Wounded Bear

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27. I imagine a big chunk of the problem in those bottom states is maternal care...

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Mon Jun 30, 2025, 05:35 PM

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From what I'm hearing maternal deaths are on the rise in all those anti-womens health states.

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Study Names The Worst State For Health Care In America [View all] ShazzieB 19 hrs ago OP

Rethuglicans DGAF about anyone but themselves and their evil billionaire overlords. OMGWTF 19 hrs ago #1

Very interesting. But, markodochartaigh 19 hrs ago #2

i would wager that barbtries 17 hrs ago #24

Wow! Horror stories involving those 5 bottom states are up and down in the single payer forum ck4829 19 hrs ago #3

Why aren't Democrats running ads to educate the public? Baitball Blogger 19 hrs ago #4

Educate? You mean in the Red States? Aristus 19 hrs ago #5

Comedy would work. Baitball Blogger 19 hrs ago #6

I dunno about that. Every attempt to have a conservative Daily Show type show has been a miserable failure. generalbetrayus 18 hrs ago #8

Not a conservative Daily Show. Baitball Blogger 18 hrs ago #10

"Conservative humor" is an oxymoron. Harker 18 hrs ago #11

Either one works. 3catwoman3 16 hrs ago #33

"plain, easy language, show the numbers" orleans 17 hrs ago #22

Nothing is going to get the people in Mississippis attention Keepthesoulalive 16 hrs ago #32

I agree with this mountain grammy 17 hrs ago #13

Now, now... GiqueCee 17 hrs ago #20

What is running ads going to do ? They are actually living and experiencing it JI7 16 hrs ago #29

I can't believe Nebraska isn't near the bottom synni 19 hrs ago #7

Being # 24 out of 50 isn't exactly something to brag about. generalbetrayus 18 hrs ago #9

They never heard of Lisinopril? GiqueCee 17 hrs ago #21

Because of the blue dot, I would think. Cowpunk 48 min ago #62

Let's cite the original article from the Commonwealth Fund erronis 18 hrs ago #12

Thanks for that link. progressoid 10 hrs ago #52

Huh, Ohio is 30 out of 50. irisblue 17 hrs ago #14

I mean, the entire country is beyond shit in this respect, so finding the worst of the worst is splitting hairs...and Karasu 17 hrs ago #15

Mahalo, ShazzieB! Cha 17 hrs ago #16

As long as the population keep voting R... Kablooie 17 hrs ago #17

Cross-linking to another post on this subject. erronis 17 hrs ago #18

It's very similar to other quality of life graphs BaronChocula 17 hrs ago #19

Oregon is #13. calimary 17 hrs ago #23

Funny how those states at the bottom are the ones that Buddyzbuddy 17 hrs ago #25

No more than two-syllable words. James48 17 hrs ago #26

I imagine a big chunk of the problem in those bottom states is maternal care... Wounded Bear 16 hrs ago #27

This is one of the reasons for a demographic shift of talented people out of red states dedl67 16 hrs ago #28

Great information. Thank you, ShazzieB! ancianita 16 hrs ago #30

Iowa will be moving down JT45242 16 hrs ago #31

Iowa has Sen.Joni Ernst, self-appointed health oasis 15 hrs ago #40

Anybody surprised by this? 3catwoman3 16 hrs ago #34

Hmmmm - Illinois was only 27th. We live in the greater Chicago area, and there is excellent health care... 3catwoman3 16 hrs ago #35

Northwestern has spent BeerBarrelPolka 15 hrs ago #37

No apology needed. It sounds like you have every reason to rant. 3catwoman3 13 hrs ago #46

Thank you BeerBarrelPolka 13 hrs ago #47

Sounds like your condition is pretty damn urgent. I love the traveling nurses - they are like angels. erronis 1 hr ago #59

It is no accident that most of the states in the top half of the chart are run by Democrats. Lonestarblue 16 hrs ago #36

Free Dumb! BurnDoubt 15 hrs ago #39

And yet Houston, Texas has the largest medical center in the world dlk 15 hrs ago #38

Still fighting the civil war. Evolve Dammit 15 hrs ago #41

They are too busy tring to figure out how to get the South to rise again instead of helping others. mdbl 15 hrs ago #42

One reason might be the States' decision not to expand Medicaid made available by the Affordable Care Act surfered 14 hrs ago #43

Make America Texas is their goal MaineBlueBear 14 hrs ago #44

"It's amazing how (red) states consistently manage to rank at the bottom..." Grins 13 hrs ago #45

As I noted in an earlier post ... dedl67 1 hr ago #61

Arkansas State Motto: Thank God for Mississippi. TomSlick 12 hrs ago #48

I knew it would be MS iemanja 12 hrs ago #49

Yep and Texas Repubs wasted SARose 11 hrs ago #50

Relative OC375 11 hrs ago #51

Is it a coincidence, Massachusetts is at the top bmichaelh 7 hrs ago #53

Ironically, I think, Mitt Romney should be credited for much of that. RVN VET71 3 hrs ago #55

Nina Simone said it Be Leave On 5 hrs ago #54

yay! texas!!! we can do it! we can become dead last! we just haven't been dying harder!! die harder!!!! Javaman 2 hrs ago #56

The GOP death cult at work LymphocyteLover 2 hrs ago #57

My home state is in the middle, but more into a bad rating than a good one. OldBaldy1701E 2 hrs ago #58

Pretty much a clear line between red and blue states. AllyCat 1 hr ago #60