Old Town, Maine vs. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

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Health
  5.7% lower in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
than in Old Town, Maine
   Insurance cost
Old Town, MEWilkes-Barre, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium113.292.3100  18.5%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Old Town, MEWilkes-Barre, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack92.194.3100  2.4%
Heart Failure92.498.8100  6.9%
Hip Knee Replacement101.1119.7100  18.4%
Pneumonia99104.5100  5.6%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Old Town, MEWilkes-Barre, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$21,247$21,758$23,281  2.4%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,846$15,881$16,237  7.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$22,377$26,495$22,499  18.4%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,647$17,574$17,007  5.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Old Town, MEWilkes-Barre, PAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-1.2%-1.7%3.1%  41.7%
2015-20164.4%10.6%12.5%  140.9%
2016-201714.9%52.3%57.9%  251.0%
2017-201852.7%45.2%19.0%  14.2%
2018-2019-7.5%-15.8%-2.2%  110.7%
Since 201467.4%102.5%113.3%  52.1%
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