The Worst Health Care Cities

Overall health care coverage: 75.3%
Age 18 and lower with coverage: 83.1%
Age 65 and higher with coverage: 97.7%
Disabled population with coverage: 83.2%

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Overall health care coverage: 74.6%
Age 18 and lower with coverage: 82.6%
Age 65 and higher with coverage: 97.3%
Disabled population with coverage: 85.8%

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Overall health care coverage: 73.4%
Age 18 and lower with coverage: 82.8%
Age 65 and higher with coverage: 97.5%
Disabled population with coverage: 88.2%

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Overall health care coverage: 76.7%
Age 18 and lower with coverage: 82.2%
Age 65 and higher with coverage: 97.5%
Disabled population with coverage: 86.1%

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Overall health care coverage: 78.8%
Age 18 and lower with coverage: 86.1%
Age 65 and higher with coverage: 98.2%
Disabled population with coverage: 85.1%

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Overall health care coverage: 77.9%
Age 18 and lower with coverage: 84.5%
Age 65 and higher with coverage: 98.2%
Disabled population with coverage: 88%

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Overall health care coverage: 76.2%
Age 18 and lower with coverage: 89.3%
Age 65 and higher with coverage: 97.1%
Disabled population with coverage: 87.4%

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Overall health care coverage: 77.6%
Age 18 and lower with coverage: 87.7%
Age 65 and higher with coverage: 99.1%
Disabled population with coverage: 86.9%

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Overall health care coverage: 78.2%
Age 18 and lower with coverage: 88.4%
Age 65 and higher with coverage: 97.6%
Disabled population with coverage: 87.2%

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Overall health care coverage: 80%
Age 18 and lower with coverage: 88.7%
Age 65 and higher with coverage: 98%
Disabled population with coverage: 85.8%

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Overall health care coverage: 80.3%
Age 18 and lower with coverage: 87.6%
Age 65 and higher with coverage: 98.7%
Disabled population with coverage: 85.9%

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Overall health care coverage: 77.8%
Age 18 and lower with coverage: 88.9%
Age 65 and higher with coverage: 97.5%
Disabled population with coverage: 89%

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Overall health care coverage: 80.6%
Age 18 and lower with coverage: 81.8%
Age 65 and higher with coverage: 99.3%
Disabled population with coverage: 93%

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Overall health care coverage: 80.6%
Age 18 and lower with coverage: 89.6%
Age 65 and higher with coverage: 99.3%
Disabled population with coverage: 86.3%

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Overall health care coverage: 80.5%
Age 18 and lower with coverage: 87.4%
Age 65 and higher with coverage: 99.3%
Disabled population with coverage: 88.8%

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Overall health care coverage: 78.8%
Age 18 and lower with coverage: 91.8%
Age 65 and higher with coverage: 98.2%
Disabled population with coverage: 89.2%

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Overall health care coverage: 79.8%
Age 18 and lower with coverage: 89.5%
Age 65 and higher with coverage: 98.8%
Disabled population with coverage: 90.7%

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Overall health care coverage: 81.1%
Age 18 and lower with coverage: 88%
Age 65 and higher with coverage: 98.6%
Disabled population with coverage: 91.1%

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Overall health care coverage: 81.4%
Age 18 and lower with coverage: 88.8%
Age 65 and higher with coverage: 99.4%
Disabled population with coverage: 89.4%

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Overall health care coverage: 82.4%
Age 18 and lower with coverage: 89.8%
Age 65 and higher with coverage: 97.6%
Disabled population with coverage: 89.3%

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Overall health care coverage: 83.6%
Age 18 and lower with coverage: 89%
Age 65 and higher with coverage: 98.6%
Disabled population with coverage: 88.3%

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Overall health care coverage: 80.2%
Age 18 and lower with coverage: 92.6%
Age 65 and higher with coverage: 99.4%
Disabled population with coverage: 88.2%

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Overall health care coverage: 82%
Age 18 and lower with coverage: 89.7%
Age 65 and higher with coverage: 99.4%
Disabled population with coverage: 89.7%

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Overall health care coverage: 85.7%
Age 18 and lower with coverage: 84.6%
Age 65 and higher with coverage: 98.1%
Disabled population with coverage: 93.6%

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