Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan vs. Boston, Massachusetts

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Health
  6.0% lower in Boston, Massachusetts
than in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
   Insurance cost
Sault Ste. Marie, MIBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium82.761.8100  25.3%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Sault Ste. Marie, MIBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack95.7102.9100  7.5%
Heart Failure89.3101.2100  13.3%
Hip Knee Replacement100.2110.4100  10.2%
Pneumonia86.7102100  17.6%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Sault Ste. Marie, MIBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,082$23,736$23,281  7.5%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,349$16,264$16,237  13.3%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$22,178$24,442$22,499  10.2%
Pneumonia Hospital$14,573$17,153$17,007  17.7%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Sault Ste. Marie, 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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