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Amherst, New York vs. Altoona, Pennsylvania

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Health
  14.0% lower in Altoona, Pennsylvania
than in Amherst, New York
   Insurance cost
Amherst, NYAltoona, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium94.863.9100  32.6%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Amherst, NYAltoona, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack99.1109.1100  10.1%
Heart Failure94.8107.2100  13.1%
Hip Knee Replacement100.697100  3.6%
Pneumonia103.6100100  3.5%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Amherst, NYAltoona, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,862$25,170$23,281  10.1%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,231$17,221$16,237  13.1%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$22,271$21,481$22,499  3.5%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,416$16,822$17,007  3.4%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Amherst, NYAltoona, PAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201510.8%-1.7%3.1%  115.7%
2015-20163.4%10.6%12.5%  211.8%
2016-201715.5%52.3%57.9%  237.4%
2017-201811.5%45.2%19.0%  293.0%
2018-201912.5%-15.8%-2.2%  226.4%
Since 201465.9%102.5%113.3%  55.5%
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