Buffalo, New York vs. Houston, Texas

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Health
  4.9% lower in Houston, Texas
than in Buffalo, New York
   Insurance cost
Buffalo, NYHouston, TXU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium94.875.4100  20.5%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Buffalo, NYHouston, TXU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack99.1106.5100  7.5%
Heart Failure94.8112.9100  19.1%
Hip Knee Replacement100.6103.2100  2.6%
Pneumonia103.6124.1100  19.8%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Buffalo, NYHouston, TXU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,862$24,565$23,281  7.4%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,231$18,146$16,237  19.1%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$22,271$22,855$22,499  2.6%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,416$20,870$17,007  19.8%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Buffalo, NYHouston, TXU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201510.8%3.2%3.1%  70.4%
2015-20163.4%5.1%12.5%  50.0%
2016-201715.5%19.0%57.9%  22.6%
2017-201811.5%35.6%19.0%  209.6%
2018-201912.5%2.3%-2.2%  81.6%
Since 201465.9%79.0%113.3%  19.9%
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