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Houston, Texas vs. Fort Smith, Arkansas

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Health
  4.1% lower in Fort Smith, Arkansas
than in Houston, Texas
   Insurance cost
Houston, TXFort Smith, ARU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium75.472.7100  3.6%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Houston, TXFort Smith, ARU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack106.5102.3100  3.9%
Heart Failure112.9103.4100  8.4%
Hip Knee Replacement103.2109.4100  6.0%
Pneumonia124.1100.2100  19.3%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Houston, TXFort Smith, ARU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,565$23,603$23,281  3.9%
Heart Failure Hospital$18,146$16,613$16,237  8.4%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$22,855$24,227$22,499  6.0%
Pneumonia Hospital$20,870$16,851$17,007  19.3%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Houston, TXFort Smith, ARU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20153.2%-3.1%3.1%  196.9%
2015-20165.1%4.6%12.5%  9.8%
2016-201719.0%-5.7%57.9%  130.0%
2017-201835.6%29.5%19.0%  17.1%
2018-20192.3%3.8%-2.2%  65.2%
Since 201479.0%28.6%113.3%  63.8%
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