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Columbia, South Carolina vs. Fort Lauderdale, Florida

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Health
  9.6% lower in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
than in Columbia, South Carolina
   Insurance cost
Columbia, SCFort Lauderdale, FLU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium115.785100  26.5%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Columbia, SCFort Lauderdale, FLU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack95.7106.8100  11.6%
Heart Failure96.2110.9100  15.3%
Hip Knee Replacement101.4110100  8.5%
Pneumonia100.6106.7100  6.1%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Columbia, SCFort Lauderdale, FLU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,072$24,645$23,281  11.7%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,450$17,813$16,237  15.3%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$22,453$24,355$22,499  8.5%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,913$17,949$17,007  6.1%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Columbia, SCFort Lauderdale, FLU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20150.0%6.0%3.1%  ∞%
2015-201611.1%1.8%12.5%  83.8%
2016-201728.2%15.3%57.9%  45.7%
2017-201834.7%40.8%19.0%  17.6%
2018-20196.2%2.4%-2.2%  61.3%
Since 2014103.7%79.3%113.3%  23.5%
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