Liberal as in "open" or Liberal as in "left wing?"
www.packing.org
Alaska has pretty open gun laws. I believe at the present time you don't need a permit to carry concealed there.
Check out Minnesota.
When I lived there, medical care was excellent, but there was no way to get a CCW. However, since I've lived there, a "shall issue" law has passed that is great for 2nd Amendment advocates.
States with the most liberal gun laws are the ones with the highest crime rates. Easy correlation.
It's interactive, but if you know what you're looking for, it has some good info.
Texas seems to have good care in the cities (other than liberal-in-the-bad-sense Houston). Rural, as always, is another matter.
In NH, that is.
Actually Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH is an excellent hospital. Plus, New Hampshire is not too far away from Boston in case you need anything major done.
Good luck.
PS. packing.org is an excellent site for check out each state's gun laws.
Go to http://www.usnews.com/usnews/health/hosptl/tophosp.htm to look up best hospitals in each specialty.
In Michigan we're pretty free with shotguns and rifles but permits are required for handuns.
Thanks for asking.
I'd look closer then at the state level for medical care - care varies widely by region. I live in VT and we have very loose gun laws and the hospital I'm near is a very good one but some of the other hospitals in other areas of the state I wouldn't have my dog treated at.
Dartmouth Hitchcock in Lebanon, NH is a great hospital and as someone else said NH is close to Boston if you need a specialist down there.
Another thing to consider in retirement is weather. As I get older I can see why the older folks fly south for the winter - it gets harder and harder to walk in this crud (snow and ice).
LQ
Pennsylvania. World-class university medical facilities in Phily, Harrisburg and Pittsburgh -- cutting edge stuff. Right to carry state also -- "shall issue" clause in state constitution. Probably more carry permits than any state in the union. Outside Philly and a few eastern cities, very low crime rate as well.
"Liberal" as in "loose". I thought that would be self-evident. I don't want MA or NY. NH would be nice but not famous for good medical facilities...