TO ME, THIS LITTLE STAT IS AMAZING

(h/t Alex Seitz-Wald at Think Progress)

The Uninsured: Top 3 Best States, Worst States
New Census Report Offers Picture of Nation's Uninsured
By DEVIN DWYER
Sept. 10, 2009
ABC News

The states with the highest average rate of uninsured people from 2006 to 2008 are Texas (24.9 percent), New Mexico (23.0 percent) and Florida (20.5 percent).

The states with the lowest uninsured rates are Massachusetts (7.1 percent), Hawaii (8.1 percent) and Minnesota (8.7 percent).

Impoverished adults without children, for example, are eligible for Medicaid in Massachusetts, Minnesota and Hawaii but are not eligible in Texas, New Mexico or Florida.