The best, worst states for Medicare: Report
10/24/25 at 03:00 AM
The best, worst states for Medicare: Report
Becker's Payer Issues; by Elizabeth Casolo; 10/16/25
Vermont, Utah and Minnesota topped the Commonwealth Fund’s Medicare performance scorecard in 2025, whereas Kentucky, Mississippi and Louisiana struggled the most. The healthcare research foundation evaluated states on criteria spanning four domains: access to care, quality of care, costs and affordability, and population health. These performance indicators draw from CMS, federal surveys and other public data sources. The Commonwealth Fund ranked states according to how well Medicare was working based on those indicators. The organization mostly reviewed data from 2023 through 2025.