Fact Based List:

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

  1. West Virginia: 37% = 382,000 non-elderly adults
  2. Arkansas: 34% = 597,000
  3. Kentucky: 34% = 890,000
  4. Mississippi: 34% = 593,000
  5. Alabama: 33% = 957,000
  6. Louisiana: 33% = 932,000
  7. Tennessee: 32% = 1,302,000
  8. Oklahoma: 31% = 718,000

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