Almost One-Third Of Privately Insured Consumers With Health Care Claims Did Not See A Primary Care Professional

Almost one-third (29%) of privately insured health care consumers from 2016 to 2022 who submitted health care claims did not see a primary care professional. Across the states, the percentage of health care consumers with no primary care visits ranged from 16% in Massachusetts to 43% in Tennessee.

Over the seven-year span, the five states with the lowest percentages of privately insured health consumers who did not also visit a primary care professional were:

Massachusetts: 16%
New Mexico: 20.1%
Wisconsin: 20.3%
Ohio: 21.7%
Arkansas: 22.7%

The five states with the highest percentages of privately . . .