Stow, Massachusetts vs. Amherst, New York

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Health
  16.5% higher in Amherst, New York
than in Stow, Massachusetts
   Insurance cost
Stow, MAAmherst, NYU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium63.394.8100  49.8%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Stow, MAAmherst, NYU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.699.1100  3.4%
Heart Failure10394.8100  8.0%
Hip Knee Replacement106.3100.6100  5.4%
Pneumonia100.7103.6100  2.9%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Stow, MAAmherst, NYU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,684$22,862$23,281  3.5%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,555$15,231$16,237  8.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$23,539$22,271$22,499  5.4%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,933$17,416$17,007  2.9%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Stow, MAAmherst, NYU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-2.6%10.8%3.1%  515.4%
2015-2016-1.5%3.4%12.5%  326.7%
2016-2017-2.7%15.5%57.9%  674.1%
2017-201826.4%11.5%19.0%  56.4%
2018-20195.1%12.5%-2.2%  145.1%
Since 201423.9%65.9%113.3%  175.7%
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