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Des Moines, Iowa vs. Hershey, Pennsylvania

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Health
  9.7% lower in Hershey, Pennsylvania
than in Des Moines, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Des Moines, IAHershey, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium137108.8100  20.6%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Des Moines, IAHershey, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack94.190.4100  3.9%
Heart Failure95.8106.5100  11.2%
Hip Knee Replacement88.597.5100  10.2%
Pneumonia94.7109.7100  15.8%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Des Moines, IAHershey, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$21,724$20,864$23,281  4.0%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,395$17,119$16,237  11.2%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$19,585$21,582$22,499  10.2%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,918$18,455$17,007  15.9%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Des Moines, IAHershey, PAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%-1.7%3.1%  136.2%
2015-201613.2%10.6%12.5%  19.7%
2016-201726.3%52.3%57.9%  98.9%
2017-201888.1%45.2%19.0%  48.7%
2018-20196.9%-15.8%-2.2%  329.0%
Since 2014201.2%102.5%113.3%  49.1%
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