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Maryland health care costs lower than other states

February 24th, 2018 by WCBC Radio

Maryland had the lowest health care costs in a comparison of five states conducted by the nonprofit Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement. The state’s total costs were on average 16 percent lower in 2015 than those in Colorado, Utah, Minnesota and Oregon, the study found. The overall price of medical procedures, doctors visits, lab test and drugs was 13 percent lower in Maryland, according to results of the comparison compiled in the report “Healthcare Affordability: Untangling Cost Drivers.” The total cost of health care was 4 percent below the average in Utah and equal to the average in Oregon, while Minnesota and Colorado had higher-than-average costs. Minnesota was 7 percent above the average and Colorado 17 percent.

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