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Des Moines, Iowa vs. Bowling Green, Kentucky

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Health
  8.1% lower in Bowling Green, Kentucky
than in Des Moines, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Des Moines, IABowling Green, KYU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium137108.8100  20.6%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Des Moines, IABowling Green, KYU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack94.198100  4.1%
Heart Failure95.8102.3100  6.8%
Hip Knee Replacement88.5107.2100  21.1%
Pneumonia94.7100.9100  6.5%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Des Moines, IABowling Green, KYU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$21,724$22,608$23,281  4.1%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,395$16,436$16,237  6.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$19,585$23,744$22,499  21.2%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,918$16,964$17,007  6.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Des Moines, IABowling Green, KYU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%7.7%3.1%  63.8%
2015-201613.2%-1.9%12.5%  114.4%
2016-201726.3%10.7%57.9%  59.3%
2017-201888.1%46.0%19.0%  47.8%
2018-20196.9%9.0%-2.2%  30.4%
Since 2014201.2%86.2%113.3%  57.2%
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