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... What they found was that the average life expectancy for a U.S. resident was 76.4 years old. And that Americans in general pass away sometime in their 70s on average.

The state where residents tend to live the longest is Hawaii, with an average life expectancy of 79.9.

While you'd imagine the beautiful weather and surroundings play a part, a larger reason may be that Hawaii ranks as the top state for health care in the country, says MoneyGeek. Hawaii also has the lowest mortality rate in the entire U.S.

Not far behind is Massachusetts at 79.6, which has the highest insurance coverage rate in the country, with 97.4% of residents insured.

You can check out the average life expectancy in your state in the map below. ...

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@#5 ... Access to good healthcare matters. ...

Bingo!

@#5 ... Access to good healthcare matters. ...

I am currently in the process of a "medical procedure."

I'm in the ~entry~ stages at this point.

At this point it requires cooperation between various medical entities.

So far, that cooperation seems not to have occurred.

So now I wonder. what do I do, how do I proceed?

Which entity is stopping the progress?

Who do I call?

Is it the insurance company that is stopping progress>

Healthcare should not be this difficult.