Bakersfield, California vs. Kalamazoo, Michigan

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Health
  0.8% higher in Kalamazoo, Michigan
than in Bakersfield, California
   Insurance cost
Bakersfield, CAKalamazoo, MIU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium8287.3100  6.5%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Bakersfield, CAKalamazoo, MIU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack103.995.5100  8.1%
Heart Failure101.898.3100  3.4%
Hip Knee Replacement8281.8100  0.2%
Pneumonia100.296.9100  3.3%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Bakersfield, CAKalamazoo, MIU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,971$22,044$23,281  8.0%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,360$15,790$16,237  3.5%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,143$18,107$22,499  0.2%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,856$16,293$17,007  3.3%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Bakersfield, CAKalamazoo, MIU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.0%0.4%3.1%  90.0%
2015-20160.0%2.0%12.5%  ∞%
2016-20179.3%6.9%57.9%  25.8%
2017-201826.1%37.1%19.0%  42.1%
2018-20191.2%0.5%-2.2%  58.3%
Since 201445.0%50.8%113.3%  12.9%
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