A new analysis finds major variations between the estimates of people with pre-existing conditions in U.S. metropolitan areas – even within a state.
Those disparities can be seen in the two Georgia areas studied.
The Kaiser Family Foundation analysis, released this week, found that 23 percent of non-elderly adults in the Atlanta/Sandy Springs/Roswell area have a pre-existing medical condition, but in the Augusta/Richmond County area, the rate is 31 percent.
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