Hartford, Connecticut vs. Lake Charles, Louisiana

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Health
  4.4% higher in Lake Charles, Louisiana
than in Hartford, Connecticut
   Insurance cost
Hartford, CTLake Charles, LAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium82.198.7100  20.2%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Hartford, CTLake Charles, LAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.394100  8.1%
Heart Failure105.995.3100  10.0%
Hip Knee Replacement105.597.9100  7.2%
Pneumonia103.896100  7.5%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Hartford, CTLake Charles, LAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,617$21,699$23,281  8.1%
Heart Failure Hospital$17,018$15,311$16,237  10.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$23,353$21,668$22,499  7.2%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,453$16,137$17,007  7.5%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Hartford, CTLake Charles, LAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-2.2%5.5%3.1%  350.0%
2015-20160.0%8.6%12.5%  ∞%
2016-201717.3%17.0%57.9%  1.7%
2017-201831.6%14.8%19.0%  53.2%
2018-2019-12.8%-4.2%-2.2%  67.2%
Since 201431.6%47.4%113.3%  50.0%
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