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Buffalo, New York vs. Palm Desert, California

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Health
  9.7% lower in Palm Desert, California
than in Buffalo, New York
   Insurance cost
Buffalo, NYPalm Desert, CAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium94.872.2100  23.8%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Buffalo, NYPalm Desert, CAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack99.1104.2100  5.1%
Heart Failure94.8105.2100  11.0%
Hip Knee Replacement100.698.5100  2.1%
Pneumonia103.6109.5100  5.7%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Buffalo, NYPalm Desert, CAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,862$24,035$23,281  5.1%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,231$16,911$16,237  11.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$22,271$21,804$22,499  2.1%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,416$18,410$17,007  5.7%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Buffalo, NYPalm Desert, CAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201510.8%4.0%3.1%  63.0%
2015-20163.4%0.0%12.5%  100.0%
2016-201715.5%9.3%57.9%  40.0%
2017-201811.5%26.1%19.0%  127.0%
2018-201912.5%1.2%-2.2%  90.4%
Since 201465.9%45.0%113.3%  31.7%
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