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Boston, Massachusetts vs. Portland, Maine

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Health
  13.7% higher in Portland, Maine
than in Boston, Massachusetts
   Insurance cost
Boston, MAPortland, MEU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium61.893.1100  50.6%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Boston, MAPortland, MEU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.998.1100  4.7%
Heart Failure101.297.9100  3.3%
Hip Knee Replacement110.491.5100  17.1%
Pneumonia102102.4100  0.4%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Boston, MAPortland, MEU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,736$22,637$23,281  4.6%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,264$15,723$16,237  3.3%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$24,442$20,258$22,499  17.1%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,153$17,222$17,007  0.4%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Boston, MAPortland, MEU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-2.6%-1.2%3.1%  53.8%
2015-2016-1.5%4.4%12.5%  393.3%
2016-2017-2.7%14.9%57.9%  651.9%
2017-201826.4%52.7%19.0%  99.6%
2018-20195.1%-7.5%-2.2%  247.1%
Since 201423.9%67.4%113.3%  182.0%
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