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Who needs healthcare reform? Texas leads the pack!

Overwhelmingly Texas seems to be the state that is MOST in need of healthcare reform. Massachussetts is the state that needs it the least.

From Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/votes/house/health...

Here are the districts with greater than 30% of their people uninsured:
TX-20: 31.3%
TX-29: 43.0%
TX-9: 37.3%
TX-15: 36.6%
TX-18: 36%
TX-30: 38.4%
TX-28: 35.5%
TX-27: 32.0%
TX-16: 34.6%
TX-32: 35.7%
FL-21: 31.3%
FL-23: 34.1%
FL-25: 31.3%
FL-17: 35.9%
FL-18: 32.7%
CA-31: 42.4%
CA-34: 38.0%
CA-33: 30.2%
CA-47: 31.7%
IL-4: 32.2%
GA-4: 30.2%
AZ-4: 34.5%

TX: 10 districts
FL: 5 districts
CA: 4 districts
GA: 1 district
AZ: 1 district
IL: 1 district

Texas REALLY stands out as needing help insuring its citizens, with Florida and California distant seconds.

Now here are the districts with fewer than 10% uninsured:
MA-8: 6.8%
MA-10: 5.1%
MA-4: 4.0%
MA-6: 4.1%
MA-5: 4.0%
MA-9: 4.3%
MA-7: 5.2%
MA-3: 3.7%
MA-2: 4.3%
MA-1: 4.5%
PA-4: 8.6%
PA-6: 7.9%
PA-8: 6.9%
PA-18: 7.6%
PA-19: 9.6%
PA-13: 9.6%
PA-7: 7.3%
MN-1: 8.9%
MN-6: 7.7%
MN-2: 6.9%
MN-3: 7.4%
NJ-11: 7.4%
NJ-5: 9.3%
NJ-7: 8.0%
NJ-12: 7.6%
NY-3: 7.2%
NY-26: 7.0%
WI-5: 6.2%
WI-6: 8.7%
WI-2: 9.0%
HI-1: 6.0%
HI-2: 9.4%
WA-8: 9.8%
IL-13: 8.2%
IA-3: 9.2%
MO-2: 7.9%
CT-2: 9.0%
CA-30: 9.6%
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