Boston, Massachusetts vs. Newark, New Jersey

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Health
  9.0% higher in Newark, New Jersey
than in Boston, Massachusetts
   Insurance cost
Boston, MANewark, NJU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium61.866.8100  8.1%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Boston, MANewark, NJU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.9107.4100  4.4%
Heart Failure101.2116.2100  14.8%
Hip Knee Replacement110.4122.6100  11.1%
Pneumonia102113.5100  11.3%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Boston, MANewark, NJU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,736$24,789$23,281  4.4%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,264$18,667$16,237  14.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$24,442$27,141$22,499  11.0%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,153$19,091$17,007  11.3%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Boston, MANewark, NJU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-2.6%-2.2%3.1%  15.4%
2015-2016-1.5%5.1%12.5%  440.0%
2016-2017-2.7%4.8%57.9%  277.8%
2017-201826.4%18.7%19.0%  29.2%
2018-20195.1%-14.8%-2.2%  390.2%
Since 201423.9%9.0%113.3%  62.3%
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