Reading, Pennsylvania vs. New Brunswick, New Jersey

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Health
  14.6% lower in New Brunswick, New Jersey
than in Reading, Pennsylvania
   Insurance cost
Reading, PANew Brunswick, NJU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium114.666.8100  41.7%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Reading, PANew Brunswick, NJU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack95114.4100  20.4%
Heart Failure101.1114.7100  13.5%
Hip Knee Replacement96.5116.5100  20.7%
Pneumonia100.4108.3100  7.9%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Reading, PANew Brunswick, NJU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$21,911$26,403$23,281  20.5%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,247$18,426$16,237  13.4%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,368$25,783$22,499  20.7%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,879$18,209$17,007  7.9%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Reading, PANew Brunswick, NJU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-1.7%-2.2%3.1%  29.4%
2015-201610.6%5.1%12.5%  51.9%
2016-201752.3%4.8%57.9%  90.8%
2017-201845.2%18.7%19.0%  58.6%
2018-2019-15.8%-14.8%-2.2%  6.3%
Since 2014102.5%9.0%113.3%  91.2%
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