8 States with the Highest Rates of Pre-existing Conditions, 2018

  1. West Virginia: 37% = 382
  2. 000 non-elderly adults
  3. Arkansas: 34% = 597
  4. 000
  5. Kentucky: 34% = 890
  6. 000
  7. Mississippi: 34% = 593
  8. 000
  9. Alabama: 33% = 957
  10. 000
  11. Louisiana: 33% = 932
  12. 000
  13. Tennessee: 32% = 1
  14. 302
  15. 000
  16. Oklahoma: 31% = 718
  17. 000
Notes: Number and percentage of non-elderly adults with conditions that would likely be declinable if they were to seek coverage in the individual market under pre-ACA underwriting practices.

Source: Kaiser Family Foundation, October 9, 2019 - https://www.kff.org/health-reform/issue-brief/pre-existing-condition-prevalence…

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