7 States With the Highest Health Care Costs

1. Massachusetts: the state's $9,278 per-capita figure is a whopping 36% higher than that of the entire country
2. Alaska: Alaskans spend around $9,128 per person on health care. That's almost 34% higher than the figure for the U.S.
3. Connecticut: the state's $8,654 per-capita figure amounts to nearly 27% more than that of the entire country
4. Maine: residents spend $8,521 per person on health care -- 25% higher than Americans as a whole
5. Delaware: the state's $8,480 health care spending per capita ranks more than 24% higher than that of the entire U.S.
6. New York: New York residents spend $8,341 on health care per capita. This amount is a little more than 22% higher than the U.S. figure
7. Rhode Island: Rhode Island's per-capita health care spending of $8,309 is nearly 22% higher than for the nation as a whole

Source: The Motley Fool
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