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Health
2.0% higher in Portales, New Mexico
than in Wakefield, Massachusetts

Insurance cost

	Wakefield, MA	Portales, NM	U.S. Avg	Difference
Insurance Premium	63.3	74.3	100	17.4%

Procedure & surgery cost

	Wakefield, MA	Portales, NM	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack	102.6	98.3	100	4.2%
Heart Failure	103	88.8	100	13.8%
Hip Knee Replacement	106.3	102.9	100	3.2%
Pneumonia	100.7	84.6	100	16.0%

Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)

	Wakefield, MA	Portales, NM	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack Hospital	$23,684	$22,692	$23,281	4.2%
Heart Failure Hospital	$16,555	$14,267	$16,237	13.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital	$23,539	$22,781	$22,499	3.2%
Pneumonia Hospital	$16,933	$14,228	$17,007	16.0%

Premium Increases (State Level)

	Wakefield, MA	Portales, NM	U.S. Avg	Difference
2014-2015	-2.6%	-12.4%	3.1%	376.9%
2015-2016	-1.5%	7.1%	12.5%	573.3%
2016-2017	-2.7%	28.8%	57.9%	1,166.7%
2017-2018	26.4%	51.6%	19.0%	95.5%
2018-2019	5.1%	-11.8%	-2.2%	331.4%
Since 2014	23.9%	61.5%	113.3%	157.3%

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