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Chicago, Illinois vs. Houston, Arkansas

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Health
  5.2% lower in Houston, Arkansas
than in Chicago, Illinois
   Insurance cost
Chicago, ILHouston, ARU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium73.772.7100  1.4%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Chicago, ILHouston, ARU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack103.199.5100  3.5%
Heart Failure104.199.3100  4.6%
Hip Knee Replacement112.399.2100  11.7%
Pneumonia110.497.8100  11.4%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Chicago, ILHouston, ARU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,800$22,966$23,281  3.5%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,722$15,958$16,237  4.6%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$24,870$21,972$22,499  11.7%
Pneumonia Hospital$18,557$16,453$17,007  11.3%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Chicago, ILHouston, ARU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20153.1%-3.1%3.1%  200.0%
2015-20169.0%4.6%12.5%  48.9%
2016-201738.0%-5.7%57.9%  115.0%
2017-201838.1%29.5%19.0%  22.6%
2018-2019-1.6%3.8%-2.2%  337.5%
Since 2014110.6%28.6%113.3%  74.1%
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