Worcester, Massachusetts vs. Dubuque, Iowa

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Health
  40.5% higher in Dubuque, Iowa
than in Worcester, Massachusetts
   Insurance cost
Worcester, MADubuque, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium65.8140.7100  113.8%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Worcester, MADubuque, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack103.898.5100  5.1%
Heart Failure106.1103.4100  2.5%
Hip Knee Replacement114.1106100  7.1%
Pneumonia102103.7100  1.7%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Worcester, MADubuque, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,950$22,728$23,281  5.1%
Heart Failure Hospital$17,055$16,613$16,237  2.6%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$25,254$23,460$22,499  7.1%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,151$17,441$17,007  1.7%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Worcester, MADubuque, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-2.6%4.7%3.1%  280.8%
2015-2016-1.5%13.2%12.5%  980.0%
2016-2017-2.7%26.3%57.9%  1,074.1%
2017-201826.4%88.1%19.0%  233.7%
2018-20195.1%6.9%-2.2%  35.3%
Since 201423.9%201.2%113.3%  741.8%
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