Columbus, Mississippi vs. Reading, Pennsylvania

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Health
  6.5% higher in Reading, Pennsylvania
than in Columbus, Mississippi
   Insurance cost
Columbus, MSReading, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium91.9114.6100  24.7%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Columbus, MSReading, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack105.995100  10.3%
Heart Failure106.3101.1100  4.9%
Hip Knee Replacement109.696.5100  12.0%
Pneumonia105.7100.4100  5.0%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Columbus, MSReading, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,430$21,911$23,281  10.3%
Heart Failure Hospital$17,077$16,247$16,237  4.9%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$24,264$21,368$22,499  11.9%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,767$16,879$17,007  5.0%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Columbus, MSReading, PAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-19.6%-1.7%3.1%  91.3%
2015-2016-8.2%10.6%12.5%  229.3%
2016-201717.9%52.3%57.9%  192.2%
2017-201857.8%45.2%19.0%  21.8%
2018-20190.4%-15.8%-2.2%  4,050.0%
Since 201437.8%102.5%113.3%  171.2%
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