(March 10, 2016 at 10:29 pm)Ryantology (╯°◊°)╯︵ ══╬ Wrote: Vermont
Median income: $52,977
Poverty rate: 11.2%
Child poverty rate: 15%
Commonwealth Fund overall healthcare ranking: 1
Florida
Median income: $44,250
Poverty rate: 16.5%
Child poverty rate: 24%
Commonwealth Fund overall healthcare ranking: 37
Texas
Median income: $53,105
Poverty rate: 18%
Child poverty rate: 25%
Commonwealth Fund overall healthcare ranking: 40
Of course, those are two outlier red states you mentioned; most red states are abysmal in pretty much every relevant category.
And they rely on Federal money provided largely by the more successful blue states in order to survive.
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