Nebraska

Health Policy rankings 

Health indicatorsRank
Population1,742,499
Number of insurance mandates31
Death rate per 100,000746.4
Percent of adults overweight or obese60.20%
Percent of adults who have visited a dentist in the last 12 months 75.30%
Number of births (2004)26,332
  

Ranking public policyRank
Health ownership rank2
Government health care rank22
Private health insurance rank9
Medical tort rank5
Provider burden of regulation rank12
 

Sources

*Policy ranks are from the U.S. Index of Health Ownership, published by the Pacific Research Institute.
*Health indicators are from
State Health Facts, a service of the Kaiser Family Foundation.
*Number of insurance mandates comes from
Health Insurance Mandates in the States 2007 (PDF), a publication of the Council for Affordable Health Insurance.

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Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Your Mileage May Vary 

SCHIP estimates in Nebraska

By John LaPlante

Categories:  Nebraska, SCHIP

How many children in Nebraska are without health insurance? It depends on whom you ask . The state's health department says 4,500 children are eligible for the state's version of SCHIP but are not enrolled. But an advocacy group that seeks an expansion of Kids Connection says the number is 15,000 to 17,000.

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Index of Health Care Ownership is Out! Every State Ranked! 

Utah Top of the List, New York Bottom of the Barrel on 24 Measures

By John R. Graham

Categories:  Alabama, Delaware, Maine, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Utah, Vermont

PRI has released the Index of Health Ownership, which uses 24 variables to rank all the states according to their residents' freedom from undue government interference in health care.

Top 5: Utah, Nebraska, Delaware, North Dakota, Alabama

Bottom 5: New York, Vermont, New Jersey, North Carolina, Maine

I know SPN wants to collaborate in promoting this effort and I'll be in touch with John LaPlante on that.  Any SPN members who want more color or would like me to speak in their state please contact me.  This is something we intend to repeat periodically, hopefully annually.

Go forth and own your health care!

 

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