Columbia, Missouri vs. Wichita, Kansas

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Health
  1.5% higher in Wichita, Kansas
than in Columbia, Missouri
   Insurance cost
Columbia, MOWichita, KSU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium99.6101.5100  1.9%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Columbia, MOWichita, KSU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack106.9103.7100  3.0%
Heart Failure102.2104.6100  2.3%
Hip Knee Replacement9598.6100  3.8%
Pneumonia103.7106.8100  3.0%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Columbia, MOWichita, KSU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,673$23,924$23,281  3.0%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,421$16,806$16,237  2.3%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,027$21,823$22,499  3.8%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,444$17,958$17,007  2.9%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Columbia, MOWichita, KSU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-1.0%-4.6%3.1%  360.0%
2015-201610.6%15.8%12.5%  49.1%
2016-201718.5%42.4%57.9%  129.2%
2017-201842.2%37.8%19.0%  10.4%
2018-2019-5.7%6.6%-2.2%  215.8%
Since 201473.9%131.0%113.3%  77.3%
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Cost of Taxes