Hawaii Among Best For Health Insurance

WASHINGTON -- Minnesota and Hawaii had the lowest percentage of adults without health insurance of any state, according to a national study released Tuesday by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.



The states with the lowest uninsured rates among all adults were Minnesota at 8.3 percent, Hawaii at 9.8 percent and Delaware at 10.2 percent.



Minnesota and Hawaii also fared best when it came to the lowest uninsured rates for adults with jobs. Minnesota came in at 6.9 percent, and Hawaii posted an 8.5 percent.



The study uses data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for 2003.



States with the highest rate of uninsured adults were Texas at 30.7 percent, Louisiana at 26.4 percent and New Mexico at 26 percent.