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Asheville, North Carolina vs. Des Moines, Iowa

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Health
  0.3% lower in Des Moines, Iowa
than in Asheville, North Carolina
   Insurance cost
Asheville, NCDes Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium131.5137100  4.2%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Asheville, NCDes Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack92.194.1100  2.2%
Heart Failure101.295.8100  5.3%
Hip Knee Replacement101.888.5100  13.1%
Pneumonia10494.7100  8.9%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Asheville, NCDes Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$21,250$21,724$23,281  2.2%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,266$15,395$16,237  5.4%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$22,542$19,585$22,499  13.1%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,495$15,918$17,007  9.0%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Asheville, NCDes Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20156.0%4.7%3.1%  21.7%
2015-201623.1%13.2%12.5%  42.9%
2016-201739.6%26.3%57.9%  33.6%
2017-201815.5%88.1%19.0%  468.4%
2018-2019-1.4%6.9%-2.2%  592.9%
Since 2014107.4%201.2%113.3%  87.3%
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