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Saturday, November 7, 2009

Who needs healthcare reform? Texas leads the pack!

Overwhelmingly Texas seems to be the state that is MOST in need of healthcare reform. Massachussetts is the state that needs it the least.

From Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/votes/house/healthcare/index.html?hpid=topnews

Here are the districts with greater than 30% of their people uninsured:
CA-31: 42.4%
TX-28: 35.5%
FL-21: 31.3%
FL-25: 31.3%
TX-20: 31.3%
TX-29: 43.0%
TX-9: 37.3%
IL-4: 32.2%
FL-23: 34.1%
TX-15: 36.6%
TX-18: 36%
TX-30: 38.4%
GA-4: 30.2%
FL-17: 35.9%
TX-27: 32.0%
AZ-4: 34.5%
TX-16: 34.6%
FL-18: 32.7%
CA-34: 38.0%
CA-47: 31.7%
TX-32: 35.7%
CA-33: 30.2%

TX: 10 districts
FL: 5 districts
CA: 4 districts
GA: 1 district
AZ: 1 district
IL: 1 district

Texas REALLY stands out with Florida and California distant seconds.

And next are the districts with fewer than 10% uninsured: (less obvious pattern)

HI-1: 6.0%
MO-2: 7.9%
PA-4: 8.6%
MN-6: 7.7%
WI-2: 9.0%
IL-13: 8.2%
IA-3: 9.2%
MA-8: 6.8%
CT-2: 9.0%
MA-10: 5.1%
MA-4: 4.0%
NJ-11: 7.4%
NJ-5: 9.3%
PA-6: 7.9%
HI-2: 9.4%
NJ-12: 7.6%
NY-3: 7.2%
MN-2: 6.9%
NJ-7: 8.0%
NY-26: 7.0%
MA-9: 4.3%
MA-7: 5.2%
MA-3: 3.7%
PA-8: 6.9%
PA-18: 7.6%
MA-2: 4.3%
MA-1: 4.5%
MN-3: 7.4%
WI-6: 8.7%
PA-19: 9.6%
WA-8: 9.8%
PA-13: 9.6%
WI-5: 6.2%
PA-7: 7.3%
MA-6: 4.1%
MA-5: 4.0%
MN-1: 8.9%
CA-30: 9.6%

MA: 8 districts (many around or below 5%!!)
PA: 7 districts
MN: 4 districts
NJ: 4 districts
WI: 3 districts
HI: 2 districts
NY: 2 districts
MO: 1 district
CA: 1 district
IL: 1 district
IA: 1 district
WA: 1 district
CT: 1 district

Texas should be at the forefront of healthcare reform with Florida coming in second. Massachussetts already has its own excellent healthcare system and Pennsylvania doesn't seem to be doing so badly, but most of the rest of us really need healthcare reform.