Iowa’s health care leadership continues to draw attention

Another national study is giving Iowa high marks. The Commonwealth Fund recently ranked Iowa #2 for Health System Performance.

The Commonwealth Fund rated states on access to health care, prevention and treatment, potentially avoidable hospital costs, health care differences among various groups, and healthy lifestyles.

Iowa earned a high ranking by being near the top in many of these categories. For example, we’re second only to Massachusetts when it comes to making sure children have health insurance.

You can see for yourself how Iowa stacks up at http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Charts-and-Maps/State-Scorecard-2009.aspx.

Several initiatives that have made Iowa a top state for health care are now being considered in Washington. No matter what happens on the national front, we’ll keep working to continue our state’s leading role.