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Health
  17.3% higher in Morehead City, North Carolina
than in West Palm Beach, Florida
   Insurance cost
West Palm Beach, FLMorehead City, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium86.8134.2100  54.6%
   Procedure & surgery cost
West Palm Beach, FLMorehead City, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack106.499.8100  6.2%
Heart Failure113.392.3100  18.5%
Hip Knee Replacement112.992.8100  17.8%
Pneumonia104.598.2100  6.0%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
West Palm Beach, FLMorehead City, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,541$23,037$23,281  6.1%
Heart Failure Hospital$18,210$14,831$16,237  18.6%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$25,003$20,553$22,499  17.8%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,565$16,515$17,007  6.0%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
West Palm Beach, FLMorehead City, NCU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20156.0%6.0%3.1%  0.0%
2015-20161.8%23.1%12.5%  1,183.3%
2016-201715.3%39.6%57.9%  158.8%
2017-201840.8%15.5%19.0%  62.0%
2018-20192.4%-1.4%-2.2%  158.3%
Since 201479.3%107.4%113.3%  35.4%
   Health Insurance Premiums
      State average
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