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Chicago, Illinois vs. Reading, Pennsylvania

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Health
  17.0% higher in Reading, Pennsylvania
than in Chicago, Illinois
   Insurance cost
Chicago, ILReading, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium73.7114.6100  55.5%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Chicago, ILReading, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack103.195100  7.9%
Heart Failure104.1101.1100  2.9%
Hip Knee Replacement112.396.5100  14.1%
Pneumonia110.4100.4100  9.1%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Chicago, ILReading, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,800$21,911$23,281  7.9%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,722$16,247$16,237  2.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$24,870$21,368$22,499  14.1%
Pneumonia Hospital$18,557$16,879$17,007  9.0%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Chicago, ILReading, PAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20153.1%-1.7%3.1%  154.8%
2015-20169.0%10.6%12.5%  17.8%
2016-201738.0%52.3%57.9%  37.6%
2017-201838.1%45.2%19.0%  18.6%
2018-2019-1.6%-15.8%-2.2%  887.5%
Since 2014110.6%102.5%113.3%  7.3%
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