Despite wide state-to-state variation, a new CDC report finds that in 2014 residents of all ERC states are more likely to have a usual source of medical care than most Americans. Vermont led the country with only 2.8% of residents that report they do not have a regular care site. Vermont also leads the country in the percent of residents who’ve seen or talked to a general doctor in the last year at 84%. ERC states also performed well on this metric. Interestingly, the study found little impact on these metrics of states’ decisions to expand Medicaid or create a state-based health insurance exchange.
| State | Adults without a usual place of medical care | Adults who’ve not seen a general doctor in 12 months |
| Connecticut | 10.1% | 29.6 |
| Delaware | 6.8 | 18.4 |
| Maine | 12.6 | 31.2 |
| Maryland | 14.6 | 30.6 |
| Massachusetts | 7.5 | 28.5 |
| New Hampshire | 11.6 | 27.6 |
| New Jersey | 15.9 | 34.7 |
| New York | 12.1 | 31.0 |
| Pennsylvania | 12.7 | 26.4 |
| Rhode Island | 10.1 | 28.5 |
| Vermont | 2.8 | 15.9 |
| US average | 17.3 | 34.0 |
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