States ranked by health insurance literacy rates

Respondents were presented with various acronyms and given a choice of four answers. For example, identifying the meaning of “UCR” or “POS,” or “describe what HMO means.”

States ranked by health insurance literacy rates:

1. Wyoming: 77 percent
2. Kansas: 73 percent
3. Kentucky: 71 percent
4. Michigan: 67 percent
5. Pennsylvania: 66 percent
6. Hawaii: 66 percent
7. Indiana: 65 percent
8. New Hampshire: 64 percent
9. New Mexico: 64 percent
10. New Jersey: 63 percent
11. Delaware: 63 percent
12. Texas: 63 percent
13. Washington: 63 percent
14. Ohio: 62 percent
15. Illinois: 61 percent
16. Georgia: 61 percent
17. Florida: 61 percent
18. Virginia: 61 percent
19. West Virginia: 61 percent
20. Wisconsin: 61 percent
21. North Carolina: 61 percent
22. Alaska: 60 percent
23. Oregon: 60 percent
24. Colorado: 59 percent
25. Minnesota: 59 percent
26. Massachusetts: 58 percent
27. Alabama: 58 percent
28. Montana: 58 percent
29. Nebraska: 57 percent
30. Connecticut: 56 percent
31. New York: 56 percent
32. Arizona: 56 percent
33. Maryland: 55 percent
34. California: 54 percent
35. Louisiana: 54 percent
36. Missouri: 54 percent
37. Oklahoma: 54 percent
38. Tennessee: 54 percent
39. Idaho: 53 percent
40. South Dakota: 53 percent
41. Mississippi: 52 percent
42. Utah: 52 percent
43. Iowa: 52 percent
44. Vermont: 51 percent
45. Maine: 50 percent
46. Nevada: 50 percent
47. North Dakota: 48 percent
48. Rhode Island: 46 percent
49. Arkansas: 45 percent
50. South Carolina: 43 percent