Wausau, Wisconsin vs. Worcester, Massachusetts

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Health
  17.5% lower in Worcester, Massachusetts
than in Wausau, Wisconsin
   Insurance cost
Wausau, WIWorcester, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium112.765.8100  41.6%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Wausau, WIWorcester, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack104.5103.8100  0.7%
Heart Failure97.5106.1100  8.8%
Hip Knee Replacement88.2114.1100  29.4%
Pneumonia101.1102100  0.9%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Wausau, WIWorcester, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,104$23,950$23,281  0.6%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,659$17,055$16,237  8.9%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$19,532$25,254$22,499  29.3%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,999$17,151$17,007  0.9%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Wausau, WIWorcester, MAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20152.7%-2.6%3.1%  196.3%
2015-20164.2%-1.5%12.5%  135.7%
2016-201715.4%-2.7%57.9%  117.5%
2017-201854.6%26.4%19.0%  51.6%
2018-2019-5.6%5.1%-2.2%  191.1%
Since 201480.2%23.9%113.3%  70.2%
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