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.
Morry Gash / AP Photo
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.
Morry Gash / AP Photo
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%
AP Photo
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
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%
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%
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
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
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
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
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
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%
Andre Jenny / Newscom
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
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
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%
LCDM Universal History Archive / Getty Images
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
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
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%
clare_and_ben / Flickr
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
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%
Dougtone / Flickr
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
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
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%
Gail Oskin, WireImage for Children's Hospital Boston / Getty Images
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%
Getty Images
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%
Jonathan Ford / Getty Images
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%
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%
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