Houghton, Michigan vs. Boston, Massachusetts

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Health
  18.1% lower in Boston, Massachusetts
than in Houghton, Michigan
   Insurance cost
Houghton, MIBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium108.361.8100  42.9%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Houghton, MIBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96102.9100  7.2%
Heart Failure90101.2100  12.4%
Hip Knee Replacement99.9110.4100  10.5%
Pneumonia89.9102100  13.5%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Houghton, MIBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,148$23,736$23,281  7.2%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,457$16,264$16,237  12.5%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$22,121$24,442$22,499  10.5%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,118$17,153$17,007  13.5%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Houghton, MIBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20150.4%-2.6%3.1%  750.0%
2015-20162.0%-1.5%12.5%  175.0%
2016-20176.9%-2.7%57.9%  139.1%
2017-201837.1%26.4%19.0%  28.8%
2018-20190.5%5.1%-2.2%  920.0%
Since 201450.8%23.9%113.3%  53.0%
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