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Waterloo, Iowa vs. Worcester, Massachusetts

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Health
  28.4% lower in Worcester, Massachusetts
than in Waterloo, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Waterloo, IAWorcester, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium13965.8100  52.7%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Waterloo, IAWorcester, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack105.8103.8100  1.9%
Heart Failure105.1106.1100  1.0%
Hip Knee Replacement99.7114.1100  14.4%
Pneumonia101102100  1.0%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Waterloo, IAWorcester, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,415$23,950$23,281  1.9%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,887$17,055$16,237  1.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$22,076$25,254$22,499  14.4%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,991$17,151$17,007  0.9%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Waterloo, IAWorcester, MAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%-2.6%3.1%  155.3%
2015-201613.2%-1.5%12.5%  111.4%
2016-201726.3%-2.7%57.9%  110.3%
2017-201888.1%26.4%19.0%  70.0%
2018-20196.9%5.1%-2.2%  26.1%
Since 2014201.2%23.9%113.3%  88.1%
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