Kalamazoo, Michigan vs. Boston, Massachusetts

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Health
  6.8% lower in Boston, Massachusetts
than in Kalamazoo, Michigan
   Insurance cost
Kalamazoo, MIBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium87.361.8100  29.2%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Kalamazoo, MIBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack95.5102.9100  7.7%
Heart Failure98.3101.2100  3.0%
Hip Knee Replacement81.8110.4100  35.0%
Pneumonia96.9102100  5.3%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Kalamazoo, MIBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,044$23,736$23,281  7.7%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,790$16,264$16,237  3.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,107$24,442$22,499  35.0%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,293$17,153$17,007  5.3%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Kalamazoo, MIBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20150.4%-2.6%3.1%  750.0%
2015-20162.0%-1.5%12.5%  175.0%
2016-20176.9%-2.7%57.9%  139.1%
2017-201837.1%26.4%19.0%  28.8%
2018-20190.5%5.1%-2.2%  920.0%
Since 201450.8%23.9%113.3%  53.0%
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