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Boston, Massachusetts vs. Waterloo, Iowa

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Health
  45.0% higher in Waterloo, Iowa
than in Boston, Massachusetts
   Insurance cost
Boston, MAWaterloo, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium61.8139100  124.9%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Boston, MAWaterloo, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.9105.8100  2.8%
Heart Failure101.2105.1100  3.9%
Hip Knee Replacement110.499.7100  9.7%
Pneumonia102101100  1.0%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Boston, MAWaterloo, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,736$24,415$23,281  2.9%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,264$16,887$16,237  3.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$24,442$22,076$22,499  9.7%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,153$16,991$17,007  0.9%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Boston, MAWaterloo, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-2.6%4.7%3.1%  280.8%
2015-2016-1.5%13.2%12.5%  980.0%
2016-2017-2.7%26.3%57.9%  1,074.1%
2017-201826.4%88.1%19.0%  233.7%
2018-20195.1%6.9%-2.2%  35.3%
Since 201423.9%201.2%113.3%  741.8%
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