BRIEF: Texas among the worst states for health care quality in new online ranking

Aug. 07--Texas isn't a great state for health care quality, according to a new online list from WalletHub.

In fact, it ranks in the bottom 10 out of all 50 states and Washington, D.C., coming in at No. 41 on the website's list.

The study looked at 35 measures of health care cost, health care accessibility and health care insurance costs.

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The biggest takeaway from the list is that according to the WalletHub results, Texans rank dead last in the percentage of insured adults ages 18-64, rank 49th in the percentage of insured children ages 0-17 and placed fourth in the percentage of medical residents retained in hospitals.

The top state? That would be Hawai'i. The Aloha State has the country's lowest heart disease rate and came in fourth for the highest percentage of all insured residents. It does, however, also boast the lowest Medicare-acceptance rate among physicians.

Read the full analysis here.

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