Massachusetts
See Where Massachusetts Ranks On Best Children's Health Care List
MASSACHUSETTS — Massachusetts ranks No. 1 in the country for children’s health care, according to a study by personal finance website WalletHub.
WalletHub noted that around 95 percent of children have health insurance.
“The bad news is that the high coverage rate hasn’t translated to lower health costs for parents, and the average amount workers pay toward employer-sponsored family coverage is over $6,500 per year,” WalletHub wrote.
Cost isn’t the only important factor in children’s health care. Other major contributors include the quality of the health care system and environmental factors like access to healthy food and fluoridated water.
The WalletHub study looked at 33 key indicators of cost, quality, and access to children’s health care.
Here’s a closer look at Massachusetts’ rankings:
- Kids’ health and access to health care: No. 3
- Kids’ nutrition, physical activity, and obesity: No. 2
- Kids’ oral health: No. 19
- Percentage of uninsured children: No. 1
- Infant death rate: No. 3
- Percentage of children with recent medical and dental checkup: tied for No. 1
Read the full study at WalletHub.
The Bay State frequently ranks at the top of health care ranking lists. Newsweek recently ranked 15 Massachusetts hospitals among the best in the world. Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, both in Boston, were in the top 10.
Last year, Boston Children’s Hospital and Mass General Children’s Hospital were both ranked among the best pediatric medical centers in the country.
Fire broke out at an apartment building in North Attleborough, Massachusetts, on Monday afternoon, sending a column of smoke high into the air.
NBC affiliate WJAR-TV reports the smoke was visible from miles away from the building on Juniper Road.
More details were not immediately available.
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Life Care Center of Raynham has received a deficiency‑free inspection result from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, a distinction awarded to a small share of the state’s licensed nursing homes, according to a community announcement.
The inspection was conducted as part of the state’s routine, unannounced nursing home survey process overseen by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. These comprehensive, multi‑day inspections evaluate multiple aspects of facility operations, including staffing levels, quality of care, medication management, cleanliness, food service and resident rights.
State survey records show that Life Care Center of Raynham met required standards during its most recent standard survey, with no deficiencies cited, based on publicly available state data.
The announcement states that fewer than 8% of Massachusetts nursing homes achieve deficiency‑free survey results. That figure could not be independently verified through state or federal data and is attributed to the announcement.
In addition to the state survey outcome, the facility is listed as a five‑star provider for quality measures on the federal Medicare Care Compare website. The five‑star quality measure rating reflects above‑average performance compared with other nursing homes nationwide, according to federal rating methodology.
Officials said the inspection results reflect ongoing compliance with state and federal standards designed to protect resident health and safety. According to the announcement, the outcome is attributed to staff performance and internal quality practices.
This story was created by Dave DeMille, ddemille@gannett.com, with the assistance of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Journalists were involved in every step of the information gathering, review, editing and publishing process. Learn more at cm.usatoday.com/ethical-conduct.
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