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Charleston, West Virginia vs. Waltham, Massachusetts

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Health
  21.0% lower in Waltham, Massachusetts
than in Charleston, West Virginia
   Insurance cost
Charleston, WVWaltham, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium117.763.3100  46.2%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Charleston, WVWaltham, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack99.5102.6100  3.1%
Heart Failure99.5103100  3.5%
Hip Knee Replacement80.8106.3100  31.6%
Pneumonia101.2100.7100  0.5%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Charleston, WVWaltham, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,970$23,684$23,281  3.1%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,987$16,555$16,237  3.6%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$17,893$23,539$22,499  31.6%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,023$16,933$17,007  0.5%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Charleston, WVWaltham, MAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20152.8%-2.6%3.1%  192.9%
2015-201624.2%-1.5%12.5%  106.2%
2016-201731.5%-2.7%57.9%  108.6%
2017-201815.5%26.4%19.0%  70.3%
2018-20199.4%5.1%-2.2%  45.7%
Since 2014112.1%23.9%113.3%  78.7%
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