Wiscasset, Maine vs. Beaufort, South Carolina

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Health
  1.8% lower in Beaufort, South Carolina
than in Wiscasset, Maine
   Insurance cost
Wiscasset, MEBeaufort, SCU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium97.7103.1100  5.5%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Wiscasset, MEBeaufort, SCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack97.789.5100  8.4%
Heart Failure104.282100  21.3%
Hip Knee Replacement99.694.4100  5.2%
Pneumonia97.692.8100  4.9%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Wiscasset, MEBeaufort, SCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,537$20,655$23,281  8.4%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,746$13,179$16,237  21.3%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$22,044$20,900$22,499  5.2%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,420$15,599$17,007  5.0%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Wiscasset, MEBeaufort, SCU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-1.2%0.0%3.1%  100.0%
2015-20164.4%11.1%12.5%  152.3%
2016-201714.9%28.2%57.9%  89.3%
2017-201852.7%34.7%19.0%  34.2%
2018-2019-7.5%6.2%-2.2%  182.7%
Since 201467.4%103.7%113.3%  53.9%
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