Fort Lee, New Jersey vs. Boston, Massachusetts

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Health
  7.8% lower in Boston, Massachusetts
than in Fort Lee, New Jersey
   Insurance cost
Fort Lee, NJBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium69.361.8100  10.8%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Fort Lee, NJBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack105.6102.9100  2.6%
Heart Failure114.1101.2100  11.3%
Hip Knee Replacement118.3110.4100  6.7%
Pneumonia108.1102100  5.6%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Fort Lee, NJBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,376$23,736$23,281  2.6%
Heart Failure Hospital$18,326$16,264$16,237  11.3%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$26,197$24,442$22,499  6.7%
Pneumonia Hospital$18,177$17,153$17,007  5.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Fort Lee, NJBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-2.2%-2.6%3.1%  18.2%
2015-20165.1%-1.5%12.5%  129.4%
2016-20174.8%-2.7%57.9%  156.3%
2017-201818.7%26.4%19.0%  41.2%
2018-2019-14.8%5.1%-2.2%  134.5%
Since 20149.0%23.9%113.3%  165.6%
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