State Health Facts. org–KFF’s one stop website for state health-related info

One of the best resources on the web for elder law policymakers and advocates is the KFF’s Statehealthfacts.org website.  Almost any critical piece of health-related info you might need–percentage of uninsured, cost of health insurance, women and minority health statistics–for all fifty states and the nation as a whole–is available in an easy to navigate format.   Topics covered for each state include:

Demographics and the Economy
   Health Status
   Health Coverage & Uninsured
   Medicaid & SCHIP
   Medicare
   Health Costs & Budgets
   Managed Care & Health Insurance
   Providers & Service Use
   Minority Health
   Women’s Health
   HIV/AIDS

Each of these broad topic areas contains many subcategories.  For example “Demographics and the Economy” covers

     Population
      Total Residents
      Distribution by Age
      Distribution by Citizenship Status
      Distribution by Family Structure
      Distribution by Gender
      Distribution by Race/Ethnicity
   People in Poverty
      Distribution by FPL
      Poverty Rate by Age
      Poverty Rate by Family Structure
      Adult Poverty Rate by Gender
      Poverty Rate by Metropolitan Status
      Poverty Rate by Race/Ethnicity
   Median Household Income
      Total Yearly Income
   Geography
      Metropolitan Distribution
   Employment Status
      Distribution by Status
      Union Employees
      Temporary Workers
      Alternative Work Arrangements
   Unemployment
      Unemployment Rate
   Gross State Product
      Total Gross State Product
   Taxes
      IRS Collection
      State Collections
      State Collections per Capita
   State Budgets
      Total State Spending
      Per Capita State Spending
      Distribution of General Fund Spending

Wow!  What more can you need when you’re getting ready to write a letter to the editor or your next law review article!