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Worcester, Massachusetts vs. Reading, Pennsylvania

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Health
  22.4% higher in Reading, Pennsylvania
than in Worcester, Massachusetts
   Insurance cost
Worcester, MAReading, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium65.8114.6100  74.2%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Worcester, MAReading, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack103.895100  8.5%
Heart Failure106.1101.1100  4.7%
Hip Knee Replacement114.196.5100  15.4%
Pneumonia102100.4100  1.6%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Worcester, MAReading, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,950$21,911$23,281  8.5%
Heart Failure Hospital$17,055$16,247$16,237  4.7%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$25,254$21,368$22,499  15.4%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,151$16,879$17,007  1.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Worcester, MAReading, PAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-2.6%-1.7%3.1%  34.6%
2015-2016-1.5%10.6%12.5%  806.7%
2016-2017-2.7%52.3%57.9%  2,037.0%
2017-201826.4%45.2%19.0%  71.2%
2018-20195.1%-15.8%-2.2%  409.8%
Since 201423.9%102.5%113.3%  328.9%
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