Reading, Pennsylvania vs. Joplin, Missouri

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Health
  4.2% lower in Joplin, Missouri
than in Reading, Pennsylvania
   Insurance cost
Reading, PAJoplin, MOU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium114.6100.4100  12.4%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Reading, PAJoplin, MOU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack95108100  13.7%
Heart Failure101.198.6100  2.5%
Hip Knee Replacement96.599.5100  3.1%
Pneumonia100.4103.2100  2.8%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Reading, PAJoplin, MOU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$21,911$24,921$23,281  13.7%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,247$15,847$16,237  2.5%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,368$22,030$22,499  3.1%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,879$17,358$17,007  2.8%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Reading, PAJoplin, MOU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-1.7%-1.0%3.1%  41.2%
2015-201610.6%10.6%12.5%  0.0%
2016-201752.3%18.5%57.9%  64.6%
2017-201845.2%42.2%19.0%  6.6%
2018-2019-15.8%-5.7%-2.2%  63.9%
Since 2014102.5%73.9%113.3%  27.9%
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