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Scotch Plains, New Jersey vs. Reading, Pennsylvania

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Health
  19.5% higher in Reading, Pennsylvania
than in Scotch Plains, New Jersey
   Insurance cost
Scotch Plains, NJReading, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium66.8114.6100  71.6%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Scotch Plains, NJReading, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack115.795100  17.9%
Heart Failure119.2101.1100  15.2%
Hip Knee Replacement92.496.5100  4.4%
Pneumonia127.8100.4100  21.4%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Scotch Plains, NJReading, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$26,690$21,911$23,281  17.9%
Heart Failure Hospital$19,158$16,247$16,237  15.2%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$20,467$21,368$22,499  4.4%
Pneumonia Hospital$21,491$16,879$17,007  21.5%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Scotch Plains, NJReading, PAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-2.2%-1.7%3.1%  22.7%
2015-20165.1%10.6%12.5%  107.8%
2016-20174.8%52.3%57.9%  989.6%
2017-201818.7%45.2%19.0%  141.7%
2018-2019-14.8%-15.8%-2.2%  6.8%
Since 20149.0%102.5%113.3%  1,038.9%
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