Boston, Massachusetts vs. Lake Placid, New York

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Health
  21.6% higher in Lake Placid, New York
than in Boston, Massachusetts
   Insurance cost
Boston, MALake Placid, NYU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium61.8103.1100  66.8%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Boston, MALake Placid, NYU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.995.5100  7.2%
Heart Failure101.2113.6100  12.3%
Hip Knee Replacement110.494100  14.9%
Pneumonia102105.5100  3.4%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Boston, MALake Placid, NYU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,736$22,034$23,281  7.2%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,264$18,247$16,237  12.2%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$24,442$20,810$22,499  14.9%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,153$17,739$17,007  3.4%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Boston, MALake Placid, NYU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-2.6%10.8%3.1%  515.4%
2015-2016-1.5%3.4%12.5%  326.7%
2016-2017-2.7%15.5%57.9%  674.1%
2017-201826.4%11.5%19.0%  56.4%
2018-20195.1%12.5%-2.2%  145.1%
Since 201423.9%65.9%113.3%  175.7%
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