Thorndike, Maine vs. Asheville, North Carolina

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Health
  8.5% higher in Asheville, North Carolina
than in Thorndike, Maine
   Insurance cost
Thorndike, MEAsheville, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium102.9131.5100  27.8%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Thorndike, MEAsheville, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack98.392.1100  6.3%
Heart Failure106.6101.2100  5.1%
Hip Knee Replacement128.5101.8100  20.8%
Pneumonia96.3104100  8.0%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Thorndike, MEAsheville, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,680$21,250$23,281  6.3%
Heart Failure Hospital$17,122$16,266$16,237  5.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$28,449$22,542$22,499  20.8%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,192$17,495$17,007  8.0%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Thorndike, MEAsheville, NCU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-1.2%6.0%3.1%  600.0%
2015-20164.4%23.1%12.5%  425.0%
2016-201714.9%39.6%57.9%  165.8%
2017-201852.7%15.5%19.0%  70.6%
2018-2019-7.5%-1.4%-2.2%  81.3%
Since 201467.4%107.4%113.3%  59.3%
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