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Iowa City, Iowa vs. Wake Forest, North Carolina

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Health
  19.3% lower in Wake Forest, North Carolina
than in Iowa City, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Iowa City, IAWake Forest, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium140.790.2100  35.9%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Iowa City, IAWake Forest, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack89.795.9100  6.9%
Heart Failure97.996.2100  1.7%
Hip Knee Replacement82.995.8100  15.6%
Pneumonia98.997.8100  1.1%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Iowa City, IAWake Forest, NCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$20,690$22,134$23,281  7.0%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,735$15,457$16,237  1.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,358$21,203$22,499  15.5%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,623$16,453$17,007  1.0%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Iowa City, IAWake Forest, NCU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%6.0%3.1%  27.7%
2015-201613.2%23.1%12.5%  75.0%
2016-201726.3%39.6%57.9%  50.6%
2017-201888.1%15.5%19.0%  82.4%
2018-20196.9%-1.4%-2.2%  120.3%
Since 2014201.2%107.4%113.3%  46.6%
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