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The Best Health Care Cities 2012: Honolulu to Boston (PHOTOS)

From overall health care coverage to the most comprehensive coverage, the top 25 cities in America.

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The Daily Beast crunches the U.S. Census data to find the 25 cities with the most comprehensive overall health-care coverage, the most comprehensive coverage for the very young and very old, and the most comprehensive coverage for the disabled.

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Overall health-care coverage: 89.61%
Age 18 and lower with coverage:
96.16%
Age 65 and higher with coverage:
99.91%
Disabled population with coverage:
94.38%

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Overall health-care coverage: 90.47%
Age 18 and lower with coverage:
95.12%
Age 65 and higher with coverage:
100%
Disabled population with coverage:
94.30%

Bryan Robb / Flickr
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Overall health-care coverage: 89.45%
Age 18 and lower with coverage:
97.62%
Age 65 and higher with coverage: 
99.37%
Disabled population with coverage:
96.20%

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Overall health care coverage: 91.15%
Age 18 and lower with coverage:
95.26%
Age 65 and higher with coverage:
99.79%
Disabled population with coverage:
94.85%

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Overall health-care coverage: 91.38%
Age 18 and lower with coverage:
94.99%
Age 65 and higher with coverage:
99.66%
Disabled population with coverage:
95.65%

Matt Zaske / Flickr
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Overall health-care coverage: 90.50%
Age 18 and lower with coverage:
97.14%
Age 65 and higher with coverage:
99.93%
Disabled population with coverage:
93.20%

Morry Gash / AP Photo
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Overall health-care coverage: 91.33%
Age 18 and lower with coverage:
96.25%
Age 65 and higher with coverage:
99.71%
Disabled population with coverage:
94.95%

John Normile / Getty Images
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Overall health-care coverage: 90.57%
Age 18 and lower with coverage:
97.03%
Age 65 and higher with coverage:
99.84%
Disabled population with coverage:
94.38%

Keith Srakocic / AP Photo
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Overall health-care coverage: 91.12%
Age 18 and lower with coverage:
96.90%
Age 65 and higher with coverage: 
99.68%
Disabled population with coverage:
95.08%

Richard T. Nowitz / Corbis
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Overall health-care coverage: 90.78%
Age 18 and lower with coverage:
97.38%
Age 65 and higher with coverage:
100%
Disabled population with coverage:
93.40%

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Overall health-care coverage: 92.41%
Age 18 and lower with coverage:
98.33%
Age 65 and higher with coverage:
99.55%
Disabled population with coverage:
94.29%

James P. Blair / Corbis
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Overall health-care coverage: 89.20%
Age 18 and lower with coverage:
96.48%
Age 65 and higher with coverage:
99.89%
Disabled population with coverage:
96.31%

Sean Marshall / Flickr
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Overall health-care coverage: 91.77%
Age 18 and lower with coverage:
96.64%
Age 65 and higher with coverage:
100%
Disabled population with coverage:
94.24%

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Overall health-care coverage: 91.14%
Age 18 and lower with coverage:
96.46%
Age 65 and higher with coverage:
99.91%
Disabled population with coverage:
95.74%

Joe Raedle / Getty Images
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Overall health-care coverage: 92.03%
Age 18 and lower with coverage:
97.77%
Age 65 and higher with coverage:
100%
Disabled population with coverage:
93.61%

Stephen Conn / Flickr
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Overall health-care coverage: 91.77%
Age 18 and lower with coverage:
95.15%
Age 65 and higher with coverage:
100%
Disabled population with coverage:
96.61%

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Overall health-care coverage: 90.82%
Age 18 and lower with coverage:
97.30%
Age 65 and higher with coverage:
100%
Disabled population with coverage:
95.52%

Andre Jenny / Newscom
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Overall health-care coverage: 92.32%
Age 18 and lower with coverage:
97.39%
Age 65 and higher with coverage:
99.87%
Disabled population with coverage:
95.88%

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Overall health-care coverage: 92.70%
Age 18 and lower with coverage:
96.80%
Age 65 and higher with coverage:
100%
Disabled population with coverage:
96.12%

Betsy Winchell / Corbis
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Overall health-care coverage: 92.97%
Age 18 and lower with coverage:
97.81%
Age 65 and higher with coverage:
100%
Disabled population with coverage:
95.59%

Getty Images
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Overall health-care coverage: 94.31%
Age 18 and lower with coverage:
98.17%
Age 65 and higher with coverage:
99.64%
Disabled population with coverage:
96.78%

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Overall health-care coverage: 93.67%
Age 18 and lower with coverage:
96.88%
Age 65 and higher with coverage:
99.98%
Disabled population with coverage:
97.85%

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Overall health-care coverage: 93.88%
Age 18 and lower with coverage:
97.64%
Age 65 and higher with coverage:
99.87%
Disabled population with coverage:
98%

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Overall health-care coverage: 94.84%
Age 18 and lower with coverage:
98.49%
Age 65 and higher with coverage:
99.61%
Disabled population with coverage:
98.52%

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Overall health-care coverage: 95.15%
Age 18 and lower with coverage:
98.86%
Age 65 and higher with coverage:
99.81%
Disabled population with coverage:
98.36%

For the 25 least-insured cities, click here.

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