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Asheville, North Carolina vs. Spencer, Iowa

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Health
  5.4% higher in Spencer, Iowa
than in Asheville, North Carolina
   Insurance cost
Asheville, NCSpencer, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium131.5151.8100  15.4%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Asheville, NCSpencer, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack92.198.7100  7.2%
Heart Failure101.287.3100  13.7%
Hip Knee Replacement101.887100  14.5%
Pneumonia10487.3100  16.1%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Asheville, NCSpencer, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$21,250$22,772$23,281  7.2%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,266$14,022$16,237  13.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$22,542$19,261$22,499  14.6%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,495$14,682$17,007  16.1%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Asheville, NCSpencer, 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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