Hey ladies what’s a good state to move to I’m currently living in Georgia we live about 15 minutes outside of Atlanta Georgia it’s extremely expensive & overly populated and I just wanna fresh start in a new city and state what state do y’all recommend now there are a few stipulations one it has to have a Costco there & a good Children’s Hospital because my son is down syndrome and he’s a cardiac baby so I need a good hospital for him also if any of y’all receive SSI benefits for your kiddos can you tell me which state doesn’t give you a hard time to get your children’s benefits I’m really over Georgia and just wanna move once this school year is over thanks
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Help a mama out and respond anonymously on our forum. Best state to live in with a childrens hospital?
Knoxville is nice. There’s a Childrens hospital and a Costco.
I live in Omaha ne, rent isn’t too bad and there is a children’s hospital here and costco as well
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He has up syndrome 
Chicago, Illinois is the best hospital
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Cleve ohio amazing hospital
Not sure how far you want to go but Colorado! Either Colorado Springs or Denver
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San Diego Radys Children’s hospital
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Pa
I’m in Indiana we have Riley’s children’s hospital it’s great
There’s a children’s hospital in St. Petersburg FL, and it’s a few of the same medical hospitals in Boston and other states… John Hopkins. Which is the top children’s hospital in the US. I would consider looking into those hospital and which states they have them in and what works best for you.
To be honest, I’ve found that California has an AMAZING children’s hospital. Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital is where 2 of my 3 kids were born and it’s awesome! The only problem being… The rest of the state sucks lol
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Salt Lake City, Utah. Primary children’s hospital
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Omaha Nebraska has a specialty children’s hospital. My daughter has seizures and that’s who we deal with
Texas!!! Houston has an amazing childrens hospital and there are smaller surrounding areas that are affordable cost of living.
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WI. Has Children’s hospital so Wauwatosa or Brookfield would be close and good suburb to live in.
We live in central NC about 20mins from Duke hospital and their childrens hospital is AMAZING. Housing is relatively cheap.
Indiana, Riley hospital for children 
amazing people there
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There is no doubt about it. Texas, with texas children’s hospital.
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Utah. Primary Children’s Hospital!
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SSI is a federal program so that won’t matter which state you are in. You’ll just call social security to notify them of the move.
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Great children’s hospital in Gainesville, UF Health Shands, but Florida itself sucks:joy:
super expensive to live and work, and my cleftie was denied SSI disability twice.
Springfield, IL area has a great cost of living and St Louis is just across the river with a great Children’s Hospital.
Stlouis has a good children’s hospital but u could live with in a hour of there and still have everything u need
Dallas Tx. Great children’s hospital
Excellent for SSI and at least 1Costco
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Not Florida. Awful state for special needs kiddos and no Medicaid expansion. No state taxes = less resources.
Colorado has a lot of resources but also expensive. Some states pay parents. California has a program similar.
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I live just north of Louisville. It’s a good area as you have. Norton Childrens in Louisville, Riley Childrens in Indianapolis, and Cincinnati childrens that are all easily accessible.
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Children’s Hospital in Birmingham, AL is great. I wouldn’t want to live in B’ham but there are some good places just right outside B’ham.
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Johnson city, tn has a childrens hospital and a sams club no costco unfortunately
Connecticut Childrens is an AMAZING childrens hospital. Their cardiology unit I cannot praise enough. My son is also a cardiac baby (first heart surgery was at 2 weeks).
But, Connecticut itself kinda sucks. Taxes are just horrible.
But there are costcos here.
Mobile Alabama great children’s hospital also Ronald McDonald house by it!
There are smaller towns outside of mobile could live but be close
Childrens in milwaukee wi is good I’ve had to take my son there. And there’s plenty of smaller suburbs outside the city to live if city life isn’t your thing. There is Costco and Sam’s.
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Coastal Virginia. We have the best heart hospital in the country and it just so happens to be right next to one of the top rated children’s hospitals. Hospital of the Kings Daughters.
Michigan and Ohio have good children’s hospitals and University of Michigan hospital is also great.
Alabama got a couple of the states best childrens care hospital. One in north bama and one in the south alabama in mobile which has couple of Costco
So vague. But Florida is great Vitamin Sea good for most everything.
Good luck
I don’t live in Texas but I know they have e one of the absolute best children’s hospitals. Don’t come to NM because we do not. Cost of living isn’t bad, we have costco, it’s beautiful, amazing weather, and a huge majority of families get free daycare for the next year. In return our schools are horrible, violent crime is insane, and a huge homeless population.
Iowa City, Iowa! University of Iowa Children’s Hospital 
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Indianapolis Indiana
Cook’s in Dallas, TX is amazing.
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Pittsburgh Cleveland
Ohio. Nationwide children’s is amazing and top 10 in country. Link below lists the top 10 of this year
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Look up University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital. Iowa is a great place to live!
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Indy has Riley’s and they are amazing!
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Cooks in Texas is amazing period. They’ve been really good with my kids and have very experienced doctors. I’m in Fort Worth Texas.
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Great health care in other countries
Oklahoma City (or suburb). They have OU Children’s Hospital and Costco. I preferred the Fayetteville/Springdale Arkansas area personally. There is an Arkansas Children’s Hospital and Sam’s Club but no Costco.
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Maryland. We have kennedy kreiger
Little Rock Arkansas !! Children’s Hospital is amazing and cost of living is low. But wages not the best
Saint Louis, Missouri. SSM Health Cardinal Glennons, Childrens hospital, Shriners, Childrens miracle network hospitals.
Childrens hospital in Saint Louis is one of the best in the country.
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Winston Salem NC has Brenner’s Children Hospital and Costco. I don’t know about childrens benefits but I think they are not hard to get
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Oklahoma city! Cost of living is the cheapest in the nation and have a great children’s hospital… Have a couple of Costco’s and the people are AWESOME here! 
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Cincinnati or Cleveland Ohio both low cost of living and great children’s hospitals
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Iowa. Price of living is low, good education, and two amazing children’s hospitals. University of Iowa Children’s Hospital in Iowa City and Blank Children’s Hospital in Des Moines.
Delaware. No sales tax. And has the A.I.DuPont childrens hospital. Also all children with disabilities or health issues automatically are given state medical insurance. As for ssi i dont know id imagine it’d be no different than anywhere else. I got my child’s through Pennsylvania and all I have to do is report my income monthly bc of the job I have but previous job they monitored it. Only difference now is I’m self employed. Delaware was our go to but we were unable to bc my husband didn’t find work there so we ended up in Maryland. I’m still working out some kinks with things but it’s not bad here.
I’m in maine. Portland has a really good children’s department called Barbara Bush children’s hospital its located in maine medical center which is a cardiac hospital. Portlands 2 hrs from boston/ Boston children’s for more severe things. We don’t have a Costco atm but there’s one being propose to be built a couple towns over. We have sams/bjs currently. Schools are great in most towns in maine. Good family environment. Most say it’s a slower way of life up here then most places. I wouldn’t really know the difference bc iv lived here my whole life. But I do see it when we have traveled.
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Boston Ma has sown of the best hospitals in the world. It’s over populated like everywhere else but endless surrounding towns that are affordable.
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Any of the South burbs in Chicago are good we do have a Costco and we also have Robert and Ann lurie’s hospital it’s our children’s hospital here and it is second in the nation. And I believe we are ranked top in cardiac Care
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Minnesota has the best healthcare nation wide
Chattanooga TN is good if you get outside of Chattanooga nw ga is good close to Chattanooga and has a Costco like Whitfield county walker county and cattoosa counties are all close some of the best peds specialists in the country at Children’s at Erlanger formerly TC Thompson Children’s hospital
Boston Massachusetts #1 children’s hospital 9 year’s in a row we also have Costco and BJ’s SSID is good too
Cincinnati, Ohio has one of the top Children’s Hospitals. There are many suburbs where the cost of living is very reasonable. Plus, you’re only about 45-50 from Dayton Children’s and about an hour and a half from Columbus.
Our kiddos have chronic health issues and have seen/still see many specialists at both Cincinnati and Dayton.
Cincinnati has several satellite campuses as well, which makes it very convenient for care.
Feel free to message me with any questions. I’m from a suburb about 30 minutes north of Cincinnati and about 30 minutes from Dayton
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I would say Columbus Ohio.
We have 3 Costcos, quite a few Children’s Hospitals, and the Ronald McDonald House of Charities by the central and main one.
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Texas has some of the best children’s hospitals! Plenty of Costcos as well!
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San Diego California,
Overland Park, Kansas City, Kansas
Boston Childrens and Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia are the top two in the country
My sister’s little girl requires the same extra care… We are here in Texas… We use Texas children’s hospital “amazing” and Costco is everywhere here girl! I have one 10 min down the road
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Boston. Has one the best in the country
Iowa. The University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital is the best ever. They are a Nationally ranked children’s hosptial. And home to the “Wave” college football tradition where every University of Iowa home football game the entire stadium, coaches and players all turn to the hospital (which part overlooks the field) and everyone waves to the kids during the end of the 1st quarter watching in the hospital. They also have a “kid captain” program with the Hawkeye football team and the hosptial too:yellow_heart:. The Hawkeye Wave – University of Iowa Athletics
We do have Cosco and cost of living on Iowa is very reasonable.
St. Louis
The children’s hospital is amazing. They are always answering all my questions and never get tired of us. They even worked miracles for my sister who has a tumor before she turned 18. Both my kids get SSI, they have autism and it was so easy to get it for them.
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California. California has amazing services for children with special needs. They have programs most other states don’t have. If you receive media, the parent can be a paid provider (depending on the child’s medical need) and theres no wait for Medicaid services here unlike a lot of other states. There’s Costco everywhere and many good children’s hospital in the San Francisco bay area, Sacramento, LA, San Diego… Basically anywhere
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Detroit has Children’s hospital of Michigan and Mott Children’s hopsital affiliated with the University Michigan. I am a former pediatric nurse and have had many patients from both hospitals. Excellent care.
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My daughter is a heart kiddo, we live in Michigan and use Helen Devos Childrens hospital and I LOVE their cardiology team
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Kansas City Missouri and surrounding areas. We have Children’s Mercy which are awesome. My daughter’s autistic with sensory issues. They work with her wonderfully. I was able to get her SSI in less than 2 months from application and its not that expensive to live here. I used to live in Florida and it was a pain to get any help and expensive to live
Be happy and be safe:heart:
Denver’s Childrens Hospital is phenomenal!!
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Texas! Amazing children’s hospitals (2nd best in the nation) and lots of costcos!
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def not florida. Property taxes just went up and rent is outrageous 
Everyone saying Boston, she said less expensive than Georgia, which is pretty cheap in GA. Outside of Boston apartments are over $2000 a month, most of them closer to $2500. The hospital is great though. SSI benefits travel with you, you do not have to switch over.
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We live in northwest Indiana about an hour from Chicago and 2 hours from Indy. I, myself, was a regular patient as a child at University of Chicago-Comer and wouldn’t hesitate to ever bring my child or refer anyone there for anything major. Since I was high risk, I actually saw a MFM throughout my pregnancy as well as delivered there. The hour+ drive is worth it🤍
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Don’t move to Arkansas because the Healthcare is horrible.
U of M children’s hospital in Ann Arbor Michigan is one of the top children’s hospitals in the nation and Michigan is a beautiful place to live with a lot of natural beauty and things to do.
Indiana has Riley’s and low cost of living. My kids surgery was there and I loved them. A friend has kids with the same conditions as yours and loves her doctors at Riley’s. Their Medicaid is great. I’m in another state now, but the cost of living is stupid.
Living in Kentucky is affordable, we have Costco and specifically in Lexington you are an hour from Cincinnati Childrens. There are also amazing pediatric cardiologists in Lexington, my son attended the heart institute for the first two years of his life for a defect and they were phenomenal.
My dad lives in Barnesville! But I would recommend NC with Duke. And Texas Childrens hospital in Dallas is another amazing one! I’m a T1 diabetic since I was 2 yrs old so I grew up at university childrens hospitals and my family moved pretty often with my dads job. By far I loved Duke and Dallas.
My kiddo is special needs. Houston tx is where it’s at and the childrens hospitals are FANTASTIC
Michigan Ann arbor area by U of M
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Indianapolis has a couple great children’s hospitals but I would suggest smaller cities around Indy to move to
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I love Arkansas Children’s Hospital
Just please don’t come to Houston 
Cincinnati childrens
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If you can afford it, Florida… we have exceptional children’s hospitals. Nicklaus, DiMaggio, Holtz, Golisano and Hopkins to name a few.
Rainbow babies and Children’s hospital in CLE, OH. But I wouldn’t recommend to move to Ohio
Boston and Philadelphia. There are two good ones in Philly
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Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is excellent.
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Private message me if you’d like, but WV has Ruby Hospital in Morgantown WV and it’s one of the best Hospitals around and I have a son that’s Autistic and there is plenty of resources for therapies, and such plus a few other hospitals to choose from as well!
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Anywhere near Hershey Pennsylvania. Penn State Health Children’s Hospital is nationally ranked for pediatric cardiology among other things. Hershey itself is expensive to live but you can find a lot of great little towns surrounding it that are cheap. There is a Costco in Harrisburg which is only roughly 30 mins from the hospital. My daughter has a genetic defect with lots or complications and Hershey Children’s has been amazing!
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