WalletHub Study Ranks NJ Nation’s 8th Best State for Children’s Healthcare, Pennsylvania 13th 

With workers paying an average of over $6,100 per year toward employer-sponsored family coverage and Every Kid Healthy Week kicking off on April 24, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2023’s Best & Worst States for Children’s Health Care, as well as expert commentary. 

In order to determine which states offer the most cost-effective and highest-quality health care for children, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 33 key metrics. The data set ranges from share of children aged 0 to 17 in excellent or very good health to pediatricians and family doctors per capita. 

Children’s Health Care in New Jersey: 

• Overall Rating: 8^th 
• Kids’ Health & Access to Health Care: 10^th 
• Kids’ Nutrition, Physical Activity & Obesity: 3^rd 

• Kids’ Oral Health: 50^th   

Children’s Health Care in Pennsylvania:  

• Overall Rating: 13^th 
• Kids’ Health & Access to Health Care: 17^th   

• Kids’ Nutrition, Physical Activity & Obesity: 9^th 
• Kids’ Oral Health: 6^th 

The full WalletHub report is available here.