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Brookline, Massachusetts vs. Lower Merion, Pennsylvania

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Health
  15.6% higher in Lower Merion, Pennsylvania
than in Brookline, Massachusetts
   Insurance cost
Brookline, MALower Merion, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium62.889.3100  42.2%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Brookline, MALower Merion, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack104.4105.5100  1.1%
Heart Failure104.3108.1100  3.6%
Hip Knee Replacement106.2102.2100  3.8%
Pneumonia104.5105.1100  0.6%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Brookline, MALower Merion, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,085$24,354$23,281  1.1%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,762$17,366$16,237  3.6%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$23,520$22,634$22,499  3.8%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,580$17,674$17,007  0.5%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Brookline, MALower Merion, PAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-2.6%-1.7%3.1%  34.6%
2015-2016-1.5%10.6%12.5%  806.7%
2016-2017-2.7%52.3%57.9%  2,037.0%
2017-201826.4%45.2%19.0%  71.2%
2018-20195.1%-15.8%-2.2%  409.8%
Since 201423.9%102.5%113.3%  328.9%
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