🩺 What’s Happening: SmileHub compared all 50 states using 18 different health factors, including maternal mortality rates, hospital quality, and how easy it is to see a doctor. The results confirm that many women in Georgia still struggle to get the care they need. The best state for Women's health was Massachusetts.
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Georgia Again Scrapes Bottom of The Barrel in Women’s Health

February 4, 2025
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This entry is part 9 of 11 in the series Health Care In Crisis
Health Care In Crisis

A new report from the nonprofit group SmileHub provides further evidence that Georgia continues to lag behind in women’s health care. The state ranks 41st overall in the nation, reinforcing long-standing concerns about doctor affordability and hospital quality.

🩺 What’s Happening: SmileHub compared all 50 states using 18 different health factors, including maternal mortality rates, hospital quality, and how easy it is to see a doctor. The results confirm that many women in Georgia still struggle to get the care they need. The best state for Women’s health was Massachusetts.

đź“Š By the Numbers:

  • Overall rank: 41st
  • Women’s life expectancy at birth: 37th
  • Share of physically active women: 35th
  • Health & wellness charities per woman: 18th
  • Affordability of a doctor’s visit: 48th
  • Share of women with good or better health: 37th
  • Quality of women’s hospitals: 36th

💡 Why It Matters: Georgia’s challenges in providing adequate health care for women are not new. With more than a third of women in the U.S. skipping necessary medical care due to cost, this latest report adds to growing concerns over The Peach State’s persistent barriers to quality care.

📍 Georgia’s Reality: The data reinforces what has been widely known—high costs and lower-quality care continue to leave many women in Georgia with limited health options.

🌎 What You Can Do: Visit SmileHub’s full report at: SmileHub Women’s Health Report.

🩺 What’s Happening: SmileHub compared all 50 states using 18 different health factors, including maternal mortality rates, hospital quality, and how easy it is to see a doctor. The results confirm that many women in Georgia still struggle to get the care they need. The best state for Women's health was Massachusetts.
B.T. Clark
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B.T. Clark is an award-winning journalist and the Publisher of The Georgia Sun. He has 25 years of experience in journalism and served as Managing Editor of Neighbor Newspapers in metro Atlanta for 15 years and Digital Director at Times-Journal Inc. for 8 years. His work has appeared in several newspapers throughout the state including Neighbor Newspapers, The Cherokee Tribune and The Marietta Daily Journal. He is a Georgia native and a fifth-generation Georgian.


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