FL's Healthcare Ranked In New Nationwide Study

Healthcare coverage for Floridians is below average, according to a new national ranking of available options across the United States.

In a new study by WalletHub, health care in each state and the District of Columbia was evaluated on 44 indicators across cost, accessibility, and outcomes for 2025. The weighted scores were then averaged to create an overall score.

Cost was evaluated based on six factors, including the cost of an average medical visit, the cost of an average dental visit and the average monthly insurance premium.

Florida was in the bottom of the pack, ranking at number 42 overall among the 50 states and District of Columbia. The score of 48.57 out of 100 sits just above Kentucky and right below Louisiana.

New Hampshire's score of 67.49 out of 100 took the top spot in the data set. Among other reasons, this was attributed to having the nation's lowest average monthly health insurance premium and having the most urgent care centers per capita certified by the Urgent Care Association of America.

Access was evaluated based on 24 factors, including the share of adults with no personal doctor, the share of insured children and physicians per capita.

Outcomes were evaluated based on 14 factors, including life expectancy, share of children with medical & dental preventative-care visits in the past year.

Full List of 44 Indicators

Florida Score Breakdown

Cost (38th)

Access (38th):

According to the independent source for health policy research, KFF, Florida will see an increase of about 4 percent when it comes to the amount of people who will be without health insurance across the state after Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. This number equates to an additional 990,000 people losing coverage.

Of these, 120,000 dropped coverages would be due to the changes in Medicaid, and another 870,000 would be as a result of changes to the Affordable Care Act.

Outcomes (41st):

Nearly 40 of Florida's top hospitals ranked in the latest U.S. News annual evaluation of more than 4,440 hospitals in the United States were also regional standouts. One facility was even named a top 20 hospital for the entire country.

AdventHealth Orlando is the top hospital in Florida and among the top 20 in the U.S. 2025-2026 Best Hospitals ranking released last month.

For its 36th annual report, U.S. News evaluated more than 4,440 hospitals based on their performance across 30 medical and surgical services, such as risk-adjusted mortality rates, preventable complications, and level of nursing care.

Florida found itself in the top five of two different subcategories that WalletHub presented for a deeper dive into its findings. The Sunshine State has the fourth-highest number of medical residents retained, and the 48th-lowest number of insured adults aged 19 to 64 in the United States.

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